diff --git a/environment.c b/environment.c
index cab39a0..ffc23df 100644
--- a/environment.c
+++ b/environment.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ env_t *new_compilation_unit(CORD libname)
             {"as_c_string", "Text$as_c_string", "func(text:Text -> CString)"},
             {"codepoint_names", "Text$codepoint_names", "func(text:Text -> [Text])"},
             {"ends_with", "Text$ends_with", "func(text,suffix:Text -> Bool)"},
-            {"find", "Text$find", "func(text:Text, pattern:Pattern, start=1, length=!&Int64 -> Int)"},
+            {"find", "Text$find", "func(text:Text, pattern:Pattern, start=1 -> Int)"},
             {"find_all", "Text$find_all", "func(text:Text, pattern:Pattern -> [Text])"},
             {"from_bytes", "Text$from_bytes", "func(bytes:[Byte] -> Text)"},
             {"from_c_string", "Text$from_str", "func(str:CString -> Text)"},
diff --git a/stdlib/patterns.c b/stdlib/patterns.c
index 875ea37..6acb58a 100644
--- a/stdlib/patterns.c
+++ b/stdlib/patterns.c
@@ -796,14 +796,14 @@ static int64_t _find(Text_t text, Pattern_t pattern, int64_t first, int64_t last
     return -1;
 }
 
-public Int_t Text$find(Text_t text, Pattern_t pattern, Int_t from_index, int64_t *match_length)
+public Int_t Text$find(Text_t text, Pattern_t pattern, Int_t from_index)
 {
     int64_t first = Int_to_Int64(from_index, false);
     if (first == 0) fail("Invalid index: 0");
     if (first < 0) first = text.length + first + 1;
     if (first > text.length || first < 1)
         return I(0);
-    int64_t found = _find(text, pattern, first-1, text.length-1, match_length);
+    int64_t found = _find(text, pattern, first-1, text.length-1, NULL);
     return I(found+1);
 }
 
@@ -1081,17 +1081,17 @@ public Array_t Text$split(Text_t text, Pattern_t pattern)
 
     Array_t chunks = {};
 
-    Int_t i = I_small(1);
+    int64_t i = 0;
     for (;;) {
         int64_t len = 0;
-        Int_t found = Text$find(text, pattern, i, &len);
-        if (I_is_zero(found)) break;
-        Text_t chunk = Text$slice(text, i, Int$minus(found, I_small(1)));
+        int64_t found = _find(text, pattern, i, text.length-1, &len);
+        if (found < 0) break;
+        Text_t chunk = Text$slice(text, I(i+1), I(found));
         Array$insert(&chunks, &chunk, I_small(0), sizeof(Text_t));
-        i = Int$plus(found, I(MAX(len, 1)));
+        i = found + MAX(len, 1);
     }
 
-    Text_t last_chunk = Text$slice(text, i, I(text.length));
+    Text_t last_chunk = Text$slice(text, I(i+1), I(text.length));
     Array$insert(&chunks, &last_chunk, I_small(0), sizeof(Text_t));
 
     return chunks;
diff --git a/stdlib/patterns.h b/stdlib/patterns.h
index c1246b1..9cfbcd6 100644
--- a/stdlib/patterns.h
+++ b/stdlib/patterns.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Pattern_t Pattern$escape_text(Text_t text);
 Text_t Text$replace_all(Text_t text, Table_t replacements, Pattern_t backref_pat, bool recursive);
 Array_t Text$split(Text_t text, Pattern_t pattern);
 Text_t Text$trim(Text_t text, Pattern_t pattern, bool trim_left, bool trim_right);
-Int_t Text$find(Text_t text, Pattern_t pattern, Int_t i, int64_t *match_length);
+Int_t Text$find(Text_t text, Pattern_t pattern, Int_t i);
 Array_t Text$find_all(Text_t text, Pattern_t pattern);
 PUREFUNC bool Text$has(Text_t text, Pattern_t pattern);
 Array_t Text$matches(Text_t text, Pattern_t pattern);
diff --git a/test/text.tm b/test/text.tm
index f87cedf..3a36491 100644
--- a/test/text.tm
+++ b/test/text.tm
@@ -195,12 +195,6 @@ func main():
 	>> " one   two  three   ":find($/{id}/, start=5)
 	= 8
 
-	>> len := 0[64]
-	>> "   one  ":find($/{id}/, length=&len)
-	= 4
-	>> len
-	= 3[64]
-
 	!! Test text slicing:
 	>> "abcdef":slice()
 	= "abcdef"