diff --git a/td/telegram/InlineQueriesManager.cpp b/td/telegram/InlineQueriesManager.cpp
index f48381490..ec5c3c899 100644
--- a/td/telegram/InlineQueriesManager.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/InlineQueriesManager.cpp
@@ -1614,12 +1614,6 @@ bool InlineQueriesManager::load_recently_used_bots(Promise<Unit> &promise) {
   auto bot_ids = full_split(saved_bot_ids, ',');
   string saved_bots = G()->td_db()->get_binlog_pmc()->get("recently_used_inline_bot_usernames");
   auto bot_usernames = full_split(saved_bots, ',');
-  if (bot_ids.size() == 1 && bot_ids[0].empty()) {
-    bot_ids.clear();
-  }
-  if (bot_usernames.size() == 1 && bot_usernames[0].empty()) {
-    bot_usernames.clear();
-  }
   if (bot_ids.empty() && bot_usernames.empty()) {
     recently_used_bots_loaded_ = 2;
     if (!recently_used_bot_user_ids_.empty()) {
diff --git a/tdutils/td/utils/misc.h b/tdutils/td/utils/misc.h
index 7998bfc0c..d4a0013c9 100644
--- a/tdutils/td/utils/misc.h
+++ b/tdutils/td/utils/misc.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ std::pair<T, T> split(T s, char delimiter = ' ') {
 template <class T>
 vector<T> full_split(T s, char delimiter = ' ') {
   vector<T> result;
+  if (s.empty()) {
+    return result;
+  }
   while (true) {
     auto delimiter_pos = s.find(delimiter);
     if (delimiter_pos == string::npos) {
diff --git a/tdutils/test/misc.cpp b/tdutils/test/misc.cpp
index 8ebcde2c6..2bd65b7bc 100644
--- a/tdutils/test/misc.cpp
+++ b/tdutils/test/misc.cpp
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static void test_full_split(Slice str, vector<Slice> expected) {
 }
 
 TEST(Misc, full_split) {
-  test_full_split("", {""});
+  test_full_split("", {});
   test_full_split(" ", {"", ""});
   test_full_split("  ", {"", "", ""});
   test_full_split("abcdef", {"abcdef"});