diff --git a/include/util.h b/include/util.h
index 86d19ce..fe54f98 100644
--- a/include/util.h
+++ b/include/util.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #define __UTIL_H__
 
 void remove_last_part_of_path(char *fullpath);
-int replace_blanks_with_single_space(char *s, size_t len);
 char *kind_as_string(char *s, int kind, int n);
 char *version_as_string(char *s, long v, int n);
 
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 4bddd5f..4a269b8 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -31,47 +31,6 @@ void remove_last_part_of_path(char *fullpath)
     }
 }
 
-/**
- * @brief Replaces multiple spaces and tabs with single spaces
- *
- * @param s The string to be reduced
- * @param len Current length of the string
- * @return int New length of the string
- */
-int replace_blanks_with_single_space(char *s, size_t len)
-{
-    int j = 0;
-    int count = 0;
-
-    if (len == 1 && isblank(s[0]))
-    {
-        s[0] = '\0';
-        return len;
-    }
-
-    if (len < 2)
-        return len;
-
-    for (int i = 0; s[i] != '\0'; i++)
-    {
-        if (isblank(s[i]))
-        {
-            count++;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            if (count >= 1)
-            {
-                count = 0;
-                s[j++] = ' ';
-            }
-            s[j++] = s[i];
-        }
-    }
-    s[j] = '\0';
-    return j;
-}
-
 /**
  * @brief Converts Voicemeeter's kind into a string.
  *
diff --git a/src/vmrcli.c b/src/vmrcli.c
index b22cb23..6fc5998 100644
--- a/src/vmrcli.c
+++ b/src/vmrcli.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static bool vflag = false;
 void help(void);
 enum kind set_kind(char *kval);
 void interactive(PT_VMR vmr);
-void parse_input(PT_VMR vmr, char *input, int len);
+void parse_input(PT_VMR vmr, char *input);
 void parse_command(PT_VMR vmr, char *command);
 void get(PT_VMR vmr, char *command, struct result *res);
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     {
         for (int i = optind; i < argc; i++)
         {
-            parse_input(vmr, argv[i], strlen(argv[i]));
+            parse_input(vmr, argv[i]);
         }
     }
 
@@ -240,16 +240,15 @@ enum kind set_kind(char *kval)
 void interactive(PT_VMR vmr)
 {
     char input[MAX_LINE];
-    size_t len;
 
     printf(">> ");
     while (fgets(input, MAX_LINE, stdin) != NULL)
     {
         input[strcspn(input, "\n")] = 0;
-        if ((len = strlen(input)) == 1 && toupper(input[0]) == 'Q')
+        if (strlen(input) == 1 && toupper(input[0]) == 'Q')
             break;
 
-        parse_input(vmr, input, len);
+        parse_input(vmr, input);
 
         memset(input, 0, MAX_LINE); /* reset input buffer */
         printf(">> ");
@@ -262,18 +261,16 @@ void interactive(PT_VMR vmr)
  *
  * @param vmr Pointer to the iVMR interface
  * @param input Each input line, from stdin or CLI args
- * @param len The length of the input line
  */
-void parse_input(PT_VMR vmr, char *input, int len)
+void parse_input(PT_VMR vmr, char *input)
 {
-    char *token;
+    char *token, *p;
 
-    replace_blanks_with_single_space(input, len);
-    token = strtok(input, " ");
+    token = strtok_r(input, " \t;,", &p);
     while (token != NULL)
     {
         parse_command(vmr, token);
-        token = strtok(NULL, " ");
+        token = strtok_r(NULL, " \t;,", &p);
     }
 }