diff --git a/examples/mvs.html b/examples/mvs.html
index b4003c5a8d..a9e843ecb8 100644
--- a/examples/mvs.html
+++ b/examples/mvs.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 function runMVS() {
     OpenLayers.ProxyHost = '/proxy/?url='; 
     if (document.location.protocol != "file:") {
-        theArgs = OpenLayers.Util.getArgs();
+        theArgs = OpenLayers.Util.getParameters();
     } else {
         theArgs = {};
         theArgs.center = "0,0";
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/MapGuide.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/MapGuide.js
index 3588c98bf1..ac318a4496 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/MapGuide.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/MapGuide.js
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.MapGuide = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.Grid, {
         allParams = OpenLayers.Util.extend(allParams, newParams);
         // ignore parameters that are already in the url search string
         var urlParams = OpenLayers.Util.upperCaseObject(
-                            OpenLayers.Util.getArgs(url));
+                            OpenLayers.Util.getParameters(url));
         for(var key in allParams) {
             if(key.toUpperCase() in urlParams) {
                 delete allParams[key];