--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py	Mon Nov 02 23:37:14 2015 +0800
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py	Mon Nov 02 23:37:49 2015 +0800
@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@
                 parts = parts[len(repo_parts):]
             query = '/'.join(parts)
         else:
-            query = req.env['QUERY_STRING'].split('&', 1)[0]
-            query = query.split(';', 1)[0]
+            query = req.env['QUERY_STRING'].partition('&')[0]
+            query = query.partition(';')[0]
 
         # process this if it's a protocol request
         # protocol bits don't need to create any URLs