diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
index 1bb67f9e75..74b7d0272e 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ protected override void ParseLine(Beatmap beatmap, Section section, string line)
 
         private void handleGeneral(string line)
         {
-            var pair = SplitKeyVal(line, ':');
+            var pair = SplitKeyVal(line);
 
             var metadata = beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Metadata;
             switch (pair.Key)
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ private void handleGeneral(string line)
 
         private void handleEditor(string line)
         {
-            var pair = SplitKeyVal(line, ':');
+            var pair = SplitKeyVal(line);
 
             switch (pair.Key)
             {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ private void handleEditor(string line)
 
         private void handleMetadata(string line)
         {
-            var pair = SplitKeyVal(line, ':');
+            var pair = SplitKeyVal(line);
 
             var metadata = beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Metadata;
             switch (pair.Key)
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ private void handleMetadata(string line)
 
         private void handleDifficulty(string line)
         {
-            var pair = SplitKeyVal(line, ':');
+            var pair = SplitKeyVal(line);
 
             var difficulty = beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BaseDifficulty;
             switch (pair.Key)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
index e4aa9f5091..67d497ba83 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyDecoder.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ protected virtual void ParseLine(T output, Section section, string line)
 
         private void handleColours(T output, string line)
         {
-            var pair = SplitKeyVal(line, ':');
+            var pair = SplitKeyVal(line);
 
             bool isCombo = pair.Key.StartsWith(@"Combo");
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ private void handleColours(T output, string line)
             }
         }
 
-        protected KeyValuePair<string, string> SplitKeyVal(string line, char separator)
+        protected KeyValuePair<string, string> SplitKeyVal(string line, char separator = ':')
         {
             var split = line.Trim().Split(new[] { separator }, 2);