diff --git a/src/TDB2.cpp b/src/TDB2.cpp
index a979d23e9..e64a6ea13 100644
--- a/src/TDB2.cpp
+++ b/src/TDB2.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+//#include <iostream> // TODO Remove.
 #include <Context.h>
 #include <text.h>
 #include <TDB2.h>
@@ -287,13 +288,8 @@ void TF2::load_lines ()
   if (! _loaded_contents)
     load_contents ();
 
-  split (_lines, _contents, '\n');
+  split_minimal (_lines, _contents, '\n');
   _loaded_lines = true;
-
-/*
-  if (_lines.back () == "")
-    _lines.pop_back ();
-*/
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index ad4febf53..417645248 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ void split_minimal (
     start = i + 1;
   }
 
-  if (input.length ())
+  if (start < input.length ())
     results.push_back (input.substr (start));
 }
 
diff --git a/test/text.t.cpp b/test/text.t.cpp
index de13fb395..244785fcf 100644
--- a/test/text.t.cpp
+++ b/test/text.t.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
   t.is (items[1], "",              "split '-' '-' -> [1] ''");
 
   split_minimal (items, unsplit, '-');
-  t.is (items.size (), (size_t) 1, "split '-' '-' -> '-'");
+  t.is (items.size (), (size_t) 0, "split '-' '-' ->");
 
   unsplit = "-a-bc-def";
   split (items, unsplit, '-');