diff --git a/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb b/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
index 4d704661..16584963 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/excerpt.rb
@@ -79,10 +79,7 @@ module Jekyll
     #
     # Returns the representative Hash.
     def to_liquid
-      further_data = Hash[ATTRIBUTES_FOR_LIQUID.map { |attribute|
-        [attribute, post.send(attribute)]
-      }]
-      further_data
+      post.to_liquid
     end
 
     def to_s