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@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ def expandvars(path):
 # Previously, this function also truncated pathnames to 8+3 format,
 # but as this module is called "ntpath", that's obviously wrong!
 try:
-    from nt import _path_normpath
+    from nt import _path_normpath as normpath
 
 except ImportError:
     def normpath(path):
@@ -560,14 +560,6 @@ def normpath(path):
             comps.append(curdir)
         return prefix + sep.join(comps)
 
-else:
-    def normpath(path):
-        """Normalize path, eliminating double slashes, etc."""
-        path = os.fspath(path)
-        if isinstance(path, bytes):
-            return os.fsencode(_path_normpath(os.fsdecode(path))) or b"."
-        return _path_normpath(path) or "."
-
 
 def _abspath_fallback(path):
     """Return the absolute version of a path as a fallback function in case
 
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ def expandvars(path):
 # if it contains symbolic links!
 
 try:
-    from posix import _path_normpath
+    from posix import _path_normpath as normpath
 
 except ImportError:
     def normpath(path):
@@ -404,14 +404,6 @@ def normpath(path):
         path = initial_slashes + sep.join(comps)
         return path or dot
 
-else:
-    def normpath(path):
-        """Normalize path, eliminating double slashes, etc."""
-        path = os.fspath(path)
-        if isinstance(path, bytes):
-            return os.fsencode(_path_normpath(os.fsdecode(path))) or b"."
-        return _path_normpath(path) or "."
-
 
 def abspath(path):
     """Return an absolute path."""
 
@@ -1010,6 +1010,8 @@ def test_fast_paths_in_use(self):
         # There are fast paths of these functions implemented in posixmodule.c.
         # Confirm that they are being used, and not the Python fallbacks in
         # genericpath.py.
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.normpath is nt._path_normpath)
+        self.assertFalse(inspect.isfunction(os.path.normpath))
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir is nt._path_isdir)
         self.assertFalse(inspect.isfunction(os.path.isdir))
         self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile is nt._path_isfile)
 
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+import inspect
 import os
 import posixpath
 import sys
 import unittest
 from posixpath import realpath, abspath, dirname, basename
 from test import test_genericpath
 from test.support import import_helper
-from test.support import os_helper
+from test.support import cpython_only, os_helper
 from test.support.os_helper import FakePath
 from unittest import mock
 
@@ -273,6 +274,14 @@ def fake_lstat(path):
     def test_isjunction(self):
         self.assertFalse(posixpath.isjunction(ABSTFN))
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32', "Fast paths are not for win32")
+    @cpython_only
+    def test_fast_paths_in_use(self):
+        # There are fast paths of these functions implemented in posixmodule.c.
+        # Confirm that they are being used, and not the Python fallbacks
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.normpath is posix._path_normpath)
+        self.assertFalse(inspect.isfunction(os.path.normpath))
+
     def test_expanduser(self):
         self.assertEqual(posixpath.expanduser("foo"), "foo")
         self.assertEqual(posixpath.expanduser(b"foo"), b"foo")
 
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Speed up :func:`os.path.normpath` with a direct C call.
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	`1`	+Speed up :func:`os.path.normpath` with a direct C call.