diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/port.go b/cmd/podman/containers/port.go
index 672960d087..4ecb680b4f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/port.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/port.go
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ func port(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if hostIP == "" {
 				hostIP = "0.0.0.0"
 			}
-			protocols := strings.Split(v.Protocol, ",")
-			for _, protocol := range protocols {
+			for protocol := range strings.SplitSeq(v.Protocol, ",") {
 				// If not searching by port or port/proto, then dump what we see
 				if port == "" {
 					for i := uint16(0); i < v.Range; i++ {
diff --git a/cmd/podman/parse/net.go b/cmd/podman/parse/net.go
index d797ef8745..3f6806e18f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/parse/net.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/parse/net.go
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ func ValidateExtraHost(val string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Split the hostnames by semicolon and validate each one
-	nameList := strings.Split(names, ";")
-	for _, name := range nameList {
+	for name := range strings.SplitSeq(names, ";") {
 		if len(name) == 0 {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("hostname in add-host %q is empty", val)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/rootlessport/main.go b/cmd/rootlessport/main.go
index b03f8a187c..53123d1c12 100644
--- a/cmd/rootlessport/main.go
+++ b/cmd/rootlessport/main.go
@@ -294,8 +294,7 @@ func handler(ctx context.Context, conn io.Reader, pm rkport.Manager) error {
 func exposePorts(pm rkport.Manager, portMappings []types.PortMapping, childIP string) error {
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 	for _, port := range portMappings {
-		protocols := strings.Split(port.Protocol, ",")
-		for _, protocol := range protocols {
+		for protocol := range strings.SplitSeq(port.Protocol, ",") {
 			hostIP := port.HostIP
 			if hostIP == "" {
 				hostIP = "0.0.0.0"
diff --git a/cmd/winpath/main.go b/cmd/winpath/main.go
index cc9f67f730..b0c6267ecd 100644
--- a/cmd/winpath/main.go
+++ b/cmd/winpath/main.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func addPathToRegistry(dir string) error {
 	}
 
 	// Is this directory already on the windows path?
-	for _, element := range strings.Split(existing, ";") {
+	for element := range strings.SplitSeq(existing, ";") {
 		if strings.EqualFold(element, dir) {
 			// Path already added
 			return nil
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func removePathFromRegistry(path string) error {
 	// No point preallocating we can't know how big the array needs to be.
 	//nolint:prealloc
 	var elements []string
-	for _, element := range strings.Split(existing, ";") {
+	for element := range strings.SplitSeq(existing, ";") {
 		if strings.EqualFold(element, path) {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/hack/podman-registry-go/registry.go b/hack/podman-registry-go/registry.go
index fb2c81f9a9..912fa2745a 100644
--- a/hack/podman-registry-go/registry.go
+++ b/hack/podman-registry-go/registry.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func StartWithOptions(options *Options) (*Registry, error) {
 
 	// Parse the output.
 	registry := Registry{}
-	for _, s := range strings.Split(out, "\n") {
+	for s := range strings.SplitSeq(out, "\n") {
 		if s == "" {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/libpod/container_top_linux.go b/libpod/container_top_linux.go
index 021bd1ee87..a169816278 100644
--- a/libpod/container_top_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/container_top_linux.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (c *Container) Top(descriptors []string) ([]string, error) {
 	// Also support comma-separated input.
 	psgoDescriptors := []string{}
 	for _, d := range descriptors {
-		for _, s := range strings.Split(d, ",") {
+		for s := range strings.SplitSeq(d, ",") {
 			if s != "" {
 				psgoDescriptors = append(psgoDescriptors, s)
 			}
diff --git a/libpod/kube.go b/libpod/kube.go
index c63e8f72e8..60fb511940 100644
--- a/libpod/kube.go
+++ b/libpod/kube.go
@@ -1084,8 +1084,7 @@ func containerToV1Container(ctx context.Context, c *Container, getService bool)
 func portMappingToContainerPort(portMappings []types.PortMapping, getService bool) ([]v1.ContainerPort, error) {
 	containerPorts := make([]v1.ContainerPort, 0, len(portMappings))
 	for _, p := range portMappings {
-		protocols := strings.Split(p.Protocol, ",")
-		for _, proto := range protocols {
+		for proto := range strings.SplitSeq(p.Protocol, ",") {
 			var protocol v1.Protocol
 			switch strings.ToUpper(proto) {
 			case "TCP":
@@ -1360,7 +1359,7 @@ func generateKubeSecurityContext(c *Container) (*v1.SecurityContext, bool, error
 	}
 	var selinuxOpts v1.SELinuxOptions
 	selinuxHasData := false
-	for _, label := range strings.Split(c.config.Spec.Annotations[define.InspectAnnotationLabel], ",label=") {
+	for label := range strings.SplitSeq(c.config.Spec.Annotations[define.InspectAnnotationLabel], ",label=") {
 		opt, val, hasVal := strings.Cut(label, ":")
 		if hasVal {
 			switch opt {
diff --git a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
index 8ef3e47f7c..b972b357c0 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
@@ -363,8 +363,7 @@ func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) StopContainer(ctr *Container, timeout uint, all bool)
 
 		// Before handling error from KillContainer, convert STDERR to a []string
 		// (one string per line of output) and print it.
-		stderrLines := strings.Split(stderr.String(), "\n")
-		for _, line := range stderrLines {
+		for line := range strings.SplitSeq(stderr.String(), "\n") {
 			if line != "" {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", line)
 			}
diff --git a/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go b/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
index 4290670a9f..757eb7537a 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) createRootlessContainer(ctr *Container, restoreOption
 				for dir := filepath.Dir(rootPath); ; dir = filepath.Dir(dir) {
 					if m, found := byMountpoint[dir]; found {
 						parentMount = dir
-						for _, o := range strings.Split(m.Optional, ",") {
+						for o := range strings.SplitSeq(m.Optional, ",") {
 							opt := strings.Split(o, ":")
 							if opt[0] == "shared" {
 								isShared = true
diff --git a/libpod/util.go b/libpod/util.go
index 7d53e36669..4d53c339a8 100644
--- a/libpod/util.go
+++ b/libpod/util.go
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ func writeHijackHeader(r *http.Request, conn io.Writer, tty bool) {
 func makeInspectPortBindings(bindings []types.PortMapping) map[string][]define.InspectHostPort {
 	portBindings := make(map[string][]define.InspectHostPort)
 	for _, port := range bindings {
-		protocols := strings.Split(port.Protocol, ",")
-		for _, protocol := range protocols {
+		for protocol := range strings.SplitSeq(port.Protocol, ",") {
 			for i := uint16(0); i < port.Range; i++ {
 				key := fmt.Sprintf("%d/%s", port.ContainerPort+i, protocol)
 				hostPorts := portBindings[key]
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/parse/parse.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/parse/parse.go
index 268610716c..41771bb887 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/parse/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/parse/parse.go
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ func VolumeOptions(opts map[string]string) ([]libpod.VolumeCreateOption, error)
 		case "o":
 			// o has special handling to parse out UID, GID.
 			// These are separate Libpod options.
-			splitVal := strings.Split(value, ",")
 			finalVal := []string{}
-			for _, o := range splitVal {
+			for o := range strings.SplitSeq(value, ",") {
 				// Options will be formatted as either "opt" or
 				// "opt=value"
 				opt, val, hasVal := strings.Cut(o, "=")
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
index 3c602494c0..a549b7e59a 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) prepareAutomountImages(ctx context.Context, forContai
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	for _, imageName := range strings.Split(automount, ";") {
+	for imageName := range strings.SplitSeq(automount, ";") {
 		img, fullName, err := ic.Libpod.LibimageRuntime().LookupImage(imageName, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("image %s from container %s does not exist in local storage, cannot automount: %w", imageName, forContainer, err)
diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/config_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/config_test.go
index 28d30e2498..11e07bac63 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/config_test.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (ms *machineSession) Bytes() []byte {
 func (ms *machineSession) outputToStringSlice() []string {
 	var results []string
 	output := string(ms.Out.Contents())
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(output, "\n") {
+	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(output, "\n") {
 		if line != "" {
 			results = append(results, line)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/namespaces/namespaces.go b/pkg/namespaces/namespaces.go
index 9464d9d485..ca2c8ed3b8 100644
--- a/pkg/namespaces/namespaces.go
+++ b/pkg/namespaces/namespaces.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (n UsernsMode) GetKeepIDOptions() (*KeepIDUserNsOptions, error) {
 	if !hasOpts {
 		return &options, nil
 	}
-	for _, o := range strings.Split(nsopts, ",") {
+	for o := range strings.SplitSeq(nsopts, ",") {
 		opt, val, hasVal := strings.Cut(o, "=")
 		if !hasVal {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid option specified: %q", o)
diff --git a/pkg/rctl/rctl_freebsd.go b/pkg/rctl/rctl_freebsd.go
index 2615aff74d..e7e3671923 100644
--- a/pkg/rctl/rctl_freebsd.go
+++ b/pkg/rctl/rctl_freebsd.go
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ func GetRacct(filter string) (map[string]uint64, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error calling rctl_get_racct with filter %s: %v", filter, errno)
 	}
 	len := bytes.IndexByte(buf[:], byte(0))
-	entries := strings.Split(string(buf[:len]), ",")
 	res := make(map[string]uint64)
-	for _, entry := range entries {
+	for entry := range strings.SplitSeq(string(buf[:len]), ",") {
 		key, valstr, _ := strings.Cut(entry, "=")
 		val, err := strconv.ParseUint(valstr, 10, 0)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/rootless/rootless_linux.go b/pkg/rootless/rootless_linux.go
index 1180f4e5b3..40169bc863 100644
--- a/pkg/rootless/rootless_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/rootless/rootless_linux.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func becomeRootInUserNS(pausePid string) (_ bool, _ int, retErr error) {
 			for _, m := range mounts {
 				if m.Mountpoint == "/" {
 					isShared := false
-					for _, o := range strings.Split(m.Optional, ",") {
+					for o := range strings.SplitSeq(m.Optional, ",") {
 						if strings.HasPrefix(o, "shared:") {
 							isShared = true
 							break
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/kube.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/kube.go
index c3c9959024..0d09801ab8 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/kube.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/kube.go
@@ -293,8 +293,7 @@ func ToSpecGen(ctx context.Context, opts *CtrSpecGenOptions) (*specgen.SpecGener
 
 	ulimitVal, ok := opts.Annotations[define.UlimitAnnotation]
 	if ok {
-		ulimits := strings.Split(ulimitVal, ",")
-		for _, ul := range ulimits {
+		for ul := range strings.SplitSeq(ulimitVal, ",") {
 			parsed, err := units.ParseUlimit(ul)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/ports.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/ports.go
index 699779a0f8..c280a1cbfe 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/ports.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/ports.go
@@ -378,9 +378,8 @@ func createPortMappings(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, imageData *libimage.ImageData)
 // Check a string to ensure it is a comma-separated set of valid protocols
 func checkProtocol(protocol string) ([]string, error) {
 	protocols := make(map[string]struct{})
-	splitProto := strings.Split(protocol, ",")
 	// Don't error on duplicates - just deduplicate
-	for _, p := range splitProto {
+	for p := range strings.SplitSeq(protocol, ",") {
 		p = strings.ToLower(p)
 		switch p {
 		case protoTCP, "":
diff --git a/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go b/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
index 06efa443d5..effd9accbd 100644
--- a/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
+++ b/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ func parseLinuxResourcesDeviceAccess(device string) (specs.LinuxDeviceCgroup, er
 		minor = &m
 	}
 	access = value[2]
-	for _, c := range strings.Split(access, "") {
+	for c := range strings.SplitSeq(access, "") {
 		if !cgroupDeviceAccess[c] {
 			return specs.LinuxDeviceCgroup{}, fmt.Errorf("invalid device access in device-access-add: %s", c)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/systemd/notifyproxy/notifyproxy.go b/pkg/systemd/notifyproxy/notifyproxy.go
index c8ea4748be..069e5fdd20 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/notifyproxy/notifyproxy.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/notifyproxy/notifyproxy.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (p *NotifyProxy) listen() {
 			sBuilder.Write(buffer[:n])
 			var isBarrier, isReady bool
 
-			for _, line := range strings.Split(sBuilder.String(), "\n") {
+			for line := range strings.SplitSeq(sBuilder.String(), "\n") {
 				switch line {
 				case _notifyRdyMsg:
 					isReady = true
diff --git a/test/utils/utils.go b/test/utils/utils.go
index 3643c86e75..316061a3be 100644
--- a/test/utils/utils.go
+++ b/test/utils/utils.go
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ func (s *PodmanSession) OutputToString() string {
 func (s *PodmanSession) OutputToStringArray() []string {
 	var results []string
 	output := string(s.Out.Contents())
-	for _, line := range strings.Split(output, "\n") {
+	for line := range strings.SplitSeq(output, "\n") {
 		if line != "" {
 			results = append(results, line)
 		}