@@ -1165,18 +1165,18 @@
 		if (memcmp(s->cString + i, cString, cStringLength))
 			continue;
 
 		component = [OFString stringWithUTF8String: s->cString + last
 						    length: i - last];
-		if (!skipEmpty || ![component isEqual: @""])
+		if (!skipEmpty || [component length] > 0)
 			[array addObject: component];
 
 		i += cStringLength - 1;
 		last = i + 1;
 	}
 	component = [OFString stringWithUTF8String: s->cString + last];
-	if (!skipEmpty || ![component isEqual: @""])
+	if (!skipEmpty || [component length] > 0)
 		[array addObject: component];
 
 	[array makeImmutable];
 
 	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);