diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 1581b4756..00989467e 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-07-13  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* utilunix.c (canonicalize_pathname): Don't handle PATH_SEP
+	after backslash	in a special way.
+
 2001-07-12  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* subshell.c (init_subshell): Run "set echo_style=both" at
diff --git a/src/utilunix.c b/src/utilunix.c
index e43e23586..17a6b1fa2 100644
--- a/src/utilunix.c
+++ b/src/utilunix.c
@@ -637,10 +637,6 @@ char *canonicalize_pathname (char *path)
 	    i = start + 1;
 	}
 
-        /* Handle backquoted `/'. */
-        if (start > 0 && path[start - 1] == '\\')
-	    continue;
-
         /* Check for trailing `/'. */
         if (start && !path[i]) {
 	zero_last: