diff --git a/src/aphront/AphrontRequest.php b/src/aphront/AphrontRequest.php
index 2b153d2f37..b35662c460 100644
--- a/src/aphront/AphrontRequest.php
+++ b/src/aphront/AphrontRequest.php
@@ -153,10 +153,7 @@ final class AphrontRequest {
       return $default;
     }
     $list = $this->getStr($name);
-    $list = preg_split('/[\s,]/', $list);
-    $list = array_map('trim', $list);
-    $list = array_filter($list, 'strlen');
-    $list = array_values($list);
+    $list = preg_split('/[\s,]+/', $list, $limit = -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
     return $list;
   }