diff --git a/src/overflow.rs b/src/overflow.rs
index 4230c89b57b..76253ebcdab 100644
--- a/src/overflow.rs
+++ b/src/overflow.rs
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
 
         if let Some(rewrite) = rewrite {
             // splitn(2, *).next().unwrap() is always safe.
-            let rewrite_first_line = Ok(rewrite.splitn(2, '\n').next().unwrap().to_owned());
+            let rewrite_first_line = Ok(rewrite.split('\n').next().unwrap().to_owned());
             last_list_item.item = rewrite_first_line;
             Some(rewrite)
         } else {
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index b676803379f..66282f09fa5 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -213,13 +213,13 @@ pub(crate) fn is_attributes_extendable(attrs_str: &str) -> bool {
 /// The width of the first line in s.
 #[inline]
 pub(crate) fn first_line_width(s: &str) -> usize {
-    unicode_str_width(s.splitn(2, '\n').next().unwrap_or(""))
+    unicode_str_width(s.split('\n').next().unwrap_or(""))
 }
 
 /// The width of the last line in s.
 #[inline]
 pub(crate) fn last_line_width(s: &str) -> usize {
-    unicode_str_width(s.rsplitn(2, '\n').next().unwrap_or(""))
+    unicode_str_width(s.rsplit('\n').next().unwrap_or(""))
 }
 
 /// The total used width of the last line.
diff --git a/src/visitor.rs b/src/visitor.rs
index 4072a1d8697..0adaf049373 100644
--- a/src/visitor.rs
+++ b/src/visitor.rs
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ impl<'b, 'a: 'b> FmtVisitor<'a> {
         let comment_snippet = self.snippet(span);
 
         let align_to_right = if unindent_comment && contains_comment(comment_snippet) {
-            let first_lines = comment_snippet.splitn(2, '/').next().unwrap_or("");
+            let first_lines = comment_snippet.split('/').next().unwrap_or("");
             last_line_width(first_lines) > last_line_width(comment_snippet)
         } else {
             false