diff --git a/icon-theme/icon-theme.go b/icon-theme/icon-theme.go
index 6915316..220b0af 100644
--- a/icon-theme/icon-theme.go
+++ b/icon-theme/icon-theme.go
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ func parseThemeIndex (reader io.Reader) (theme Theme, parents []string, err erro
 	
 	// Inherits (optional)
 	if entry, ok := iconThemeGroup["Inherits"]; ok {
-		parents, err = keyValue.ParseMultipleComma (
+		parents, err = keyValue.ParseMultiple (
 			keyValue.ParseString,
-			entry.Value)
+			entry.Value, ',')
 		if !ok { return Theme { }, nil, err }
 	}
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func parseThemeIndex (reader io.Reader) (theme Theme, parents []string, err erro
 }
 
 func parseDirectories (listEntry keyValue.Entry, file keyValue.File) ([]Directory, error) {
-	names, err := keyValue.ParseMultipleComma(keyValue.ParseString, listEntry.Value)
+	names, err := keyValue.ParseMultiple(keyValue.ParseString, listEntry.Value, ',')
 	if err != nil { return nil, err }
 	directories := make([]Directory, len(names))
 	for index, name := range names {
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func parseIconData (path string) (Icon, error) {
 	
 	// EmbeddedTextRectangle (optional)
 	if entry, ok := iconDataGroup["EmbeddedTextRectangle"]; ok {
-		embeddedTextRectangle, err := keyValue.ParseMultipleComma(keyValue.ParseInteger, entry.Value)
+		embeddedTextRectangle, err := keyValue.ParseMultiple(keyValue.ParseInteger, entry.Value, ',')
 		if len(embeddedTextRectangle) == 4 {
 			icon.EmbeddedTextRectangle = image.Rect (
 				embeddedTextRectangle[0],
diff --git a/key-value/key-value.go b/key-value/key-value.go
index 1f8975a..3234b9a 100644
--- a/key-value/key-value.go
+++ b/key-value/key-value.go
@@ -345,22 +345,11 @@ func ParseNumeric (value string) (float64, error) {
 }
 
 // ParseMultiple parses multiple of a value type. Any value parsing function can
-// be specified. The multiple values should be separated by a semicolon and the
-// input string may be optionally terminated by a semicolon. Trailing empty
-// strings must always be terminated with a semicolon. Semicolons in these
-// values need to be escaped using \;.
-func ParseMultiple[T any] (parser func (string) (T, error), value string) ([]T, error) {
-	return parseMultiple(parser, value, ';')
-}
-
-// ParseMultipleComma is like ParseMultiple, but uses a comma as a separator
-// instead of a semicolon. This is used to parse icon theme files because the
-// freedesktop people haven't yet learned the word "consistency".
-func ParseMultipleComma[T any] (parser func (string) (T, error), value string) ([]T, error) {
-	return parseMultiple(parser, value, ',')
-}
-
-func parseMultiple[T any] (parser func (string) (T, error), value string, sep rune) ([]T, error) {
+// be specified. The multiple values should be separated by a separator and the
+// input string may be optionally terminated by a separator. Trailing empty
+// strings must always be terminated with a separator. Separators in these
+// values need to be escaped using \<sep>.
+func ParseMultiple[T any] (parser func (string) (T, error), value string, sep rune) ([]T, error) {
 	values  := []T { }
 	builder := strings.Builder { }