diff --git a/db/db_bench.cc b/db/db_bench.cc
index 54ede5161..2b5d6c9c3 100644
--- a/db/db_bench.cc
+++ b/db/db_bench.cc
@@ -3058,8 +3058,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     dbstats = rocksdb::CreateDBStatistics();
   }
 
-  std::vector<std::string> fanout =
-    rocksdb::stringSplit(FLAGS_max_bytes_for_level_multiplier_additional, ',');
+  std::vector<std::string> fanout = rocksdb::StringSplit(
+      FLAGS_max_bytes_for_level_multiplier_additional, ',');
   for (unsigned int j= 0; j < fanout.size(); j++) {
     FLAGS_max_bytes_for_level_multiplier_additional_v.push_back(
       std::stoi(fanout[j]));
diff --git a/util/ldb_cmd.cc b/util/ldb_cmd.cc
index d35b9412c..9a5ec5185 100644
--- a/util/ldb_cmd.cc
+++ b/util/ldb_cmd.cc
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ LDBCommand* LDBCommand::InitFromCmdLineArgs(
 
   for (const auto& arg : args) {
     if (arg[0] == '-' && arg[1] == '-'){
-      vector<string> splits = stringSplit(arg, '=');
+      vector<string> splits = StringSplit(arg, '=');
       if (splits.size() == 2) {
         string optionKey = splits[0].substr(OPTION_PREFIX.size());
         option_map[optionKey] = splits[1];
diff --git a/util/string_util.cc b/util/string_util.cc
index 97b7f9de9..4e0bc4668 100644
--- a/util/string_util.cc
+++ b/util/string_util.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 namespace rocksdb {
 
-std::vector<std::string> stringSplit(std::string arg, char delim) {
+std::vector<std::string> StringSplit(const std::string& arg, char delim) {
   std::vector<std::string> splits;
   std::stringstream ss(arg);
   std::string item;
diff --git a/util/string_util.h b/util/string_util.h
index 676f4aae8..b9f0a1d28 100644
--- a/util/string_util.h
+++ b/util/string_util.h
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 #pragma once
 namespace rocksdb {
 
-extern std::vector<std::string> stringSplit(std::string arg, char delim);
+extern std::vector<std::string> StringSplit(const std::string& arg, char delim);
 
 }  // namespace rocksdb
diff --git a/utilities/geodb/geodb_impl.cc b/utilities/geodb/geodb_impl.cc
index 56cfa954e..194e51232 100644
--- a/utilities/geodb/geodb_impl.cc
+++ b/utilities/geodb/geodb_impl.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include "db/filename.h"
 #include "util/coding.h"
+#include "util/string_util.h"
 
 //
 // There are two types of keys. The first type of key-values
@@ -116,9 +117,8 @@ Status GeoDBImpl::GetById(const Slice& id, GeoObject* object) {
   }
 
   // split the key into p + quadkey + id + lat + lon
-  std::vector<std::string> parts;
   Slice key = iter->key();
-  StringSplit(&parts, key.ToString(), ':');
+  std::vector<std::string> parts = StringSplit(key.ToString(), ':');
   assert(parts.size() == 5);
   assert(parts[0] == "p");
   assert(parts[1] == quadkey);
@@ -180,9 +180,8 @@ Status GeoDBImpl::SearchRadial(const GeoPosition& pos,
          number_of_values > 0 && iter->Valid() && iter->status().ok();
          iter->Next()) {
       // split the key into p + quadkey + id + lat + lon
-      std::vector<std::string> parts;
       Slice key = iter->key();
-      StringSplit(&parts, key.ToString(), ':');
+      std::vector<std::string> parts = StringSplit(key.ToString(), ':');
       assert(parts.size() == 5);
       assert(parts[0] == "p");
       std::string* quadkey = &parts[1];
@@ -243,16 +242,6 @@ std::string GeoDBImpl::MakeQuadKeyPrefix(std::string quadkey) {
   return key;
 }
 
-void GeoDBImpl::StringSplit(std::vector<std::string>* tokens,
-                            const std::string &text, char sep) {
-  std::size_t start = 0, end = 0;
-  while ((end = text.find(sep, start)) != std::string::npos) {
-    tokens->push_back(text.substr(start, end - start));
-    start = end + 1;
-  }
-  tokens->push_back(text.substr(start));
-}
-
 // convert degrees to radians
 double GeoDBImpl::radians(double x) {
   return (x * PI) / 180;
diff --git a/utilities/geodb/geodb_impl.h b/utilities/geodb/geodb_impl.h
index c7e410458..94b2d6ceb 100644
--- a/utilities/geodb/geodb_impl.h
+++ b/utilities/geodb/geodb_impl.h
@@ -169,11 +169,6 @@ class GeoDBImpl : public GeoDB {
                        double radius,
                        std::vector<std::string>* quadKeys);
 
-  // splits a string into its components
-  static void StringSplit(std::vector<std::string>* tokens,
-                          const std::string &text,
-                          char sep);
-
   //
   // Create keys for accessing rocksdb table(s)
   //