diff --git a/NationStates/Core.hs b/NationStates/Core.hs
--- a/NationStates/Core.hs
+++ b/NationStates/Core.hs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     Context(..),
 
     -- * Utilities
-    splitDropBlanks,
+    wordsBy,
     readMaybe,
     expect,
     expected,
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 import Data.Functor.Compose
 import qualified Data.Foldable as F
 import Data.List
-import Data.List.Split
 import Data.Monoid
 import Data.Map (Map)
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
@@ -194,15 +193,19 @@
         (k, v) <- Map.toList $ queryOptions q ]
 
 
--- | Split a string by a separator, dropping empty substrings.
+-- | Split a list by the given predicate, dropping empty sublists.
 --
--- >>> splitDropBlanks "," "the_vines,motesardo-east_adanzi,yellowapple"
+-- >>> wordsBy (== ',') "the_vines,motesardo-east_adanzi,yellowapple"
 -- ["the_vines", "montesardo-east_adanzi", "yellowapple"]
 --
--- >>> splitDropBlanks "," ""
+-- >>> wordsBy (== ',') ""
 -- []
-splitDropBlanks :: Eq a => [a] -> [a] -> [[a]]
-splitDropBlanks = split . dropBlanks . dropDelims . onSublist
+wordsBy :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [[a]]
+wordsBy p s = case dropWhile p s of
+    [] -> []
+    s' ->
+        let (w, s'') = break p s'
+        in  w : wordsBy p s''
 
 -- | Parse an input string using the given parser function.
 --
diff --git a/NationStates/Nation.hs b/NationStates/Nation.hs
--- a/NationStates/Nation.hs
+++ b/NationStates/Nation.hs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 --
 -- > ["jlink","translenia","the_vines"]
 endorsements :: Nation [String]
-endorsements = Nation . fmap (splitDropBlanks ",") $
+endorsements = Nation . fmap (wordsBy (== ',')) $
     makeNS "endorsements" "ENDORSEMENTS"
 
 -- | General assembly vote.
diff --git a/NationStates/Region.hs b/NationStates/Region.hs
--- a/NationStates/Region.hs
+++ b/NationStates/Region.hs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 --
 -- > ["urmanian","enatai","unfitting_doors","lykosia","trotterdam"]
 nations :: Region [String]
-nations = Region . fmap (splitDropBlanks ":") $ makeNS "nations" "NATIONS"
+nations = Region . fmap (wordsBy (== ':')) $ makeNS "nations" "NATIONS"
 
 -- | Region delegate.
 --
diff --git a/nationstates.cabal b/nationstates.cabal
--- a/nationstates.cabal
+++ b/nationstates.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: nationstates
-version: 0.1.0.1
+version: 0.1.0.2
 synopsis: NationStates API client
 description:
     NationStates API client
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
         http-client-tls,
         http-types,
         multiset,
-        split,
         transformers,
         xml
     default-language: Haskell2010