diff --git a/src/comp/back/link.rs b/src/comp/back/link.rs
index 0acc9216fc02..9672c2dc7fdf 100644
--- a/src/comp/back/link.rs
+++ b/src/comp/back/link.rs
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ fn build_link_meta(sess: &session::session, c: &ast::crate, output: &str,
                 let name =
                     {
                         let os =
-                            str::split_ivec(fs::basename(output), '.' as u8);
+                            str::split(fs::basename(output), '.' as u8);
                         assert (ivec::len(os) >= 2u);
                         ivec::pop(os);
                         str::connect_ivec(os, ".")
diff --git a/src/comp/driver/rustc.rs b/src/comp/driver/rustc.rs
index 8d28b9f47b56..4d662f3cf334 100644
--- a/src/comp/driver/rustc.rs
+++ b/src/comp/driver/rustc.rs
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ fn main(args: vec[str]) {
         // "-" as input file will cause the parser to read from stdin so we
         // have to make up a name
         let parts = if !input_is_stdin(ifile) {
-            str::split_ivec(ifile, '.' as u8)
+            str::split(ifile, '.' as u8)
         } else {
             ~["default", "rs"]
         };
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ fn main(args: vec[str]) {
                      } else { ret filename; }
                  }(config, _);
         fn rmext(filename: str) -> str {
-            let parts = str::split_ivec(filename, '.' as u8);
+            let parts = str::split(filename, '.' as u8);
             ivec::pop(parts);
             ret str::connect_ivec(parts, ".");
         }
diff --git a/src/comp/metadata/cstore.rs b/src/comp/metadata/cstore.rs
index 9af6a98da893..1ee1e2d072b3 100644
--- a/src/comp/metadata/cstore.rs
+++ b/src/comp/metadata/cstore.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ fn get_used_libraries(cstore: &cstore) -> [str] {
 }
 
 fn add_used_link_args(cstore: &cstore, args: &str) {
-    p(cstore).used_link_args += str::split_ivec(args, ' ' as u8);
+    p(cstore).used_link_args += str::split(args, ' ' as u8);
 }
 
 fn get_used_link_args(cstore: &cstore) -> [str] {
diff --git a/src/lib/str.rs b/src/lib/str.rs
index db6180ce02fe..eddc6723a136 100644
--- a/src/lib/str.rs
+++ b/src/lib/str.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export shift_byte;
 export pop_byte;
 export push_byte;
 export unshift_byte;
-export split_ivec;
+export split;
 export concat;
 export connect;
 export connect_ivec;
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ fn unshift_byte(s: &mutable str, b: u8) {
     s = rs;
 }
 
-fn split_ivec(s: str, sep: u8) -> [str] {
+fn split(s: str, sep: u8) -> [str] {
     let v: [str] = ~[];
     let accum: str = "";
     let ends_with_sep: bool = false;
diff --git a/src/test/compiletest/runtest.rs b/src/test/compiletest/runtest.rs
index d51939650c0f..af879bd677f0 100644
--- a/src/test/compiletest/runtest.rs
+++ b/src/test/compiletest/runtest.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ fn check_error_patterns(props: &test_props, testfile: &str,
 
     let next_err_idx = 0u;
     let next_err_pat = props.error_patterns.(next_err_idx);
-    for line: str  in str::split_ivec(procres.stdout, '\n' as u8) {
+    for line: str  in str::split(procres.stdout, '\n' as u8) {
         if str::find(line, next_err_pat) > 0 {
             log #fmt("found error pattern %s", next_err_pat);
             next_err_idx += 1u;
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ fn split_maybe_args(argstr: &option::t[str]) -> [str] {
     }
 
     alt argstr {
-      option::some(s) { rm_whitespace(str::split_ivec(s, ' ' as u8)) }
+      option::some(s) { rm_whitespace(str::split(s, ' ' as u8)) }
       option::none. { ~[] }
     }
 }
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ fn output_base_name(config: &config, testfile: &str) -> str {
     let base = config.build_base;
     let filename =
         {
-            let parts = str::split_ivec(fs::basename(testfile), '.' as u8);
+            let parts = str::split(fs::basename(testfile), '.' as u8);
             parts = ivec::slice(parts, 0u, ivec::len(parts) - 1u);
             str::connect_ivec(parts, ".")
         };
diff --git a/src/test/stdtest/str.rs b/src/test/stdtest/str.rs
index d1d2e9e687b9..0a27f3b4311e 100644
--- a/src/test/stdtest/str.rs
+++ b/src/test/stdtest/str.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ fn test_split() {
     fn t(s: &str, c: char, i: int, k: &str) {
         log "splitting: " + s;
         log i;
-        let v = str::split_ivec(s, c as u8);
+        let v = str::split(s, c as u8);
         log "split to: ";
         for z: str  in v { log z; }
         log "comparing: " + v.(i) + " vs. " + k;