1 files changed, 1 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
index e0c5bcaa1c..78c61579ec 100644
--- a/lib/path.js
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function win32SplitPath(filename) {
   // Separate device+slash from tail
   var result = splitDeviceRe.exec(filename),
       device = (result[1] || '') + (result[2] || ''),
-      tail = result[3] || '';
+      tail = result[3];
   // Split the tail into dir, basename and extension
   var result2 = splitTailRe.exec(tail),
       dir = result2[1],
@@ -386,9 +386,6 @@ win32.parse = function(pathString) {
   assertPath(pathString);
 
   var allParts = win32SplitPath(pathString);
-  if (!allParts || allParts.length !== 4) {
-    throw new TypeError("Invalid path '" + pathString + "'");
-  }
   return {
     root: allParts[0],
     dir: allParts[0] + allParts[1].slice(0, -1),
@@ -590,13 +587,6 @@ posix.parse = function(pathString) {
   assertPath(pathString);
 
   var allParts = posixSplitPath(pathString);
-  if (!allParts || allParts.length !== 4) {
-    throw new TypeError("Invalid path '" + pathString + "'");
-  }
-  allParts[1] = allParts[1] || '';
-  allParts[2] = allParts[2] || '';
-  allParts[3] = allParts[3] || '';
-
   return {
     root: allParts[0],
     dir: allParts[0] + allParts[1].slice(0, -1),