@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@
 	if (requestType == OF_HTTP_REQUEST_TYPE_HEAD)
 		type = "HEAD";
 	if (requestType == OF_HTTP_REQUEST_TYPE_POST)
 		type = "POST";
 
-	if ([(path = [URL path]) isEqual: @""])
+	if ([(path = [URL path]) length] == 0)
 		path = @"/";
 
 	if ([URL query] != nil)
 		[sock writeFormat: @"%s %@?%@ HTTP/1.1\r\n",
 		    type, path, [URL query]];
@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@
 
 		if (line == nil)
 			@throw [OFInvalidServerReplyException
 			    exceptionWithClass: [self class]];
 
-		if ([line isEqual: @""])
+		if ([line length] == 0)
 			break;
 
 		lineC = [line UTF8String];
 
 		if ((tmp = strchr(lineC, ':')) == NULL)
@@ -429,11 +429,11 @@
 				} @catch (OFInvalidEncodingException *e) {
 					@throw [OFInvalidServerReplyException
 					    exceptionWithClass: [self class]];
 				}
 
-				if (![line isEqual: @""])
+				if ([line length] > 0)
 					@throw [OFInvalidServerReplyException
 					    exceptionWithClass: [self class]];
 
 				objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool2);
 			}