diff --git a/cake/dispatcher.php b/cake/dispatcher.php
index c6be13c7de5..f09e1099702 100644
--- a/cake/dispatcher.php
+++ b/cake/dispatcher.php
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ function uri() {
 			if (key($_GET) && strpos(key($_GET), '?') !== false) {
 				unset($_GET[key($_GET)]);
 			}
-			$uri = preg_split('/\?/', $uri, 2);
+			$uri = explode('?', $uri, 2);
 
 			if (isset($uri[1])) {
 				parse_str($uri[1], $_GET);
diff --git a/cake/libs/http_socket.php b/cake/libs/http_socket.php
index d0bf021df71..da8bd0268d4 100644
--- a/cake/libs/http_socket.php
+++ b/cake/libs/http_socket.php
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ function parseCookies($header) {
 		foreach ((array)$header['Set-Cookie'] as $cookie) {
 			if (strpos($cookie, '";"') !== false) {
 				$cookie = str_replace('";"', "{__cookie_replace__}", $cookie);
-				$parts  = str_replace("{__cookie_replace__}", '";"', preg_split('/\;/', $cookie));
+				$parts  = str_replace("{__cookie_replace__}", '";"', explode(';', $cookie));
 			} else {
 				$parts = preg_split('/\;[ \t]*/', $cookie);
 			}