diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/extract/html/srcset.rs b/lychee-lib/src/extract/html/srcset.rs
index bb5ef3907b..0f728ecc78 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/extract/html/srcset.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/extract/html/srcset.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ where
 {
     for (i, ch) in input.char_indices() {
         if !predicate(&ch) {
-            return (&input[0..i], &input[i..]);
+            return input.split_at(i);
         }
     }
     (input, "")