diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
index 583dcc04b7..5530488e19 100644
--- a/src/util.cc
+++ b/src/util.cc
@@ -2716,8 +2716,8 @@ TEST_CASE("util filesystem")
 
 TEST_CASE("util split")
 	{
-	using str_vec = std::vector<std::string>;
-	using wstr_vec = std::vector<std::wstring>;
+	using str_vec = std::vector<std::string_view>;
+	using wstr_vec = std::vector<std::wstring_view>;
 
 	SUBCASE("w/ delim")
 		{
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 2596fbba6f..24f2400272 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -612,14 +612,14 @@ template <typename T, typename U = typename T::value_type*> std::vector<T> split
 	return split(s, T{delim});
 	}
 
-inline std::vector<std::string> split(const char* s, const char* delim)
+inline std::vector<std::string_view> split(const char* s, const char* delim)
 	{
-	return split(std::string(s), std::string(delim));
+	return split(std::string_view(s), std::string_view(delim));
 	}
 
-inline std::vector<std::wstring> split(const wchar_t* s, const wchar_t* delim)
+inline std::vector<std::wstring_view> split(const wchar_t* s, const wchar_t* delim)
 	{
-	return split(std::wstring(s), std::wstring(delim));
+	return split(std::wstring_view(s), std::wstring_view(delim));
 	}
 
 	} // namespace util