diff --git a/qutebrowser/test/utils/test_split.py b/qutebrowser/test/utils/test_split.py
index 6b4109587..161a484f7 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/test/utils/test_split.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/test/utils/test_split.py
@@ -111,15 +111,15 @@ class SplitTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_split(self):
         """Test splitting."""
         for case in test_data.strip().splitlines():
-            cmd, *out = case.split('/')[:-1]
+            cmd, out = case.split('/')[:-2]
             with self.subTest(cmd=cmd):
                 items = split.split(cmd)
-                self.assertEqual(items, out[0].split('|'))
+                self.assertEqual(items, out.split('|'))
 
     def test_split_keep_original(self):
         """Test if splitting with keep=True yields the original string."""
         for case in test_data.strip().splitlines():
-            cmd, *_out = case.split('/')[:-1]
+            cmd = case.split('/')[0]
             with self.subTest(cmd=cmd):
                 items = split.split(cmd, keep=True)
                 self.assertEqual(''.join(items), cmd)
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ class SplitTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_split_keep(self):
         """Test splitting with keep=True."""
         for case in test_data.strip().splitlines():
-            cmd, *out = case.split('/')[:-1]
+            cmd, _mid, out = case.split('/')[:-1]
             with self.subTest(cmd=cmd):
                 items = split.split(cmd, keep=True)
-                self.assertEqual(items, out[1].split('|'))
+                self.assertEqual(items, out.split('|'))
 
 
 class SimpleSplitTests(unittest.TestCase):