diff --git a/src/widgets/menu.cpp b/src/widgets/menu.cpp
index 0ce8d296c09..77f62117cc1 100644
--- a/src/widgets/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/menu.cpp
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ void menu::sort_by(int column)
 
 SDL_Rect menu::style::item_size(const std::string& item) const {
 	SDL_Rect res = {0,0,0,0};
-	std::vector<std::string> img_text_items = utils::split(item, IMG_TEXT_SEPARATOR);
+	std::vector<std::string> img_text_items = utils::split(item, IMG_TEXT_SEPARATOR, utils::REMOVE_EMPTY);
 	for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator it = img_text_items.begin();
 		 it != img_text_items.end(); it++) {
 		if (res.w > 0 || res.h > 0) {
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ void menu::draw_row(const size_t row_index, const SDL_Rect& rect, ROW_TYPE type)
 		const int last_x = xpos;
 		column.w = widths[i];
 		std::string str = row[i];
-		std::vector<std::string> img_text_items = utils::split(str, IMG_TEXT_SEPARATOR);
+		std::vector<std::string> img_text_items = utils::split(str, IMG_TEXT_SEPARATOR, utils::REMOVE_EMPTY);
 		for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator it = img_text_items.begin();
 			 it != img_text_items.end(); it++) {
 			str = *it;