diff --git a/Sources/FoundationEssentials/String/String+Path.swift b/Sources/FoundationEssentials/String/String+Path.swift
index e1dd7930a..31c12e902 100644
--- a/Sources/FoundationEssentials/String/String+Path.swift
+++ b/Sources/FoundationEssentials/String/String+Path.swift
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ extension String {
         return String(cString: output)
     }
 
-    #if !NO_FILESYSTEM
+#if !NO_FILESYSTEM
     internal static func homeDirectoryPath(forUser user: String? = nil) -> String {
 #if os(Windows)
         func GetUserProfile() -> String? {
@@ -529,8 +529,10 @@ extension String {
 #else
         return "/tmp/"
 #endif
-#endif
+#endif // os(Windows)
     }
+#endif // !NO_FILESYSTEM
+
     /// Replaces any number of sequential `/`
     /// characters with /
     /// NOTE: Internal so it's testable
@@ -569,7 +571,7 @@ extension String {
         }
     }
 
-    private var _droppingTrailingSlashes: String {
+    internal var _droppingTrailingSlashes: String {
         guard !self.isEmpty else {
             return self
         }
@@ -579,7 +581,9 @@ extension String {
         }
         return String(self[...lastNonSlash])
     }
-    
+
+#if !NO_FILESYSTEM
+
     static var NETWORK_PREFIX: String { #"\\"# }
     
     private var _standardizingPath: String {
@@ -616,7 +620,8 @@ extension String {
     var standardizingPath: String {
         expandingTildeInPath._standardizingPath
     }
-    #endif // !NO_FILESYSTEM
+
+#endif // !NO_FILESYSTEM
     
     // _NSPathComponents
     var pathComponents: [String] {
diff --git a/Sources/FoundationEssentials/URL/URL.swift b/Sources/FoundationEssentials/URL/URL.swift
index 69c28f66b..a325979e9 100644
--- a/Sources/FoundationEssentials/URL/URL.swift
+++ b/Sources/FoundationEssentials/URL/URL.swift
@@ -1320,12 +1320,8 @@ public struct URL: Equatable, Sendable, Hashable {
     }
 
     private static func fileSystemPath(for urlPath: String) -> String {
-        var result = urlPath
-        if result.count > 1 && result.utf8.last == UInt8(ascii: "/") {
-            _ = result.popLast()
-        }
         let charsToLeaveEncoded: Set<UInt8> = [._slash, 0]
-        return Parser.percentDecode(result, excluding: charsToLeaveEncoded) ?? ""
+        return Parser.percentDecode(urlPath._droppingTrailingSlashes, excluding: charsToLeaveEncoded) ?? ""
     }
 
     var fileSystemPath: String {
diff --git a/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/URLTests.swift b/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/URLTests.swift
index a1f7c6b49..135462cea 100644
--- a/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/URLTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/FoundationEssentialsTests/URLTests.swift
@@ -571,6 +571,21 @@ final class URLTests : XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(appended.relativePath, "relative/with:slash")
     }
 
+    func testURLFilePathDropsTrailingSlashes() throws {
+        var url = URL(filePath: "/path/slashes///")
+        XCTAssertEqual(url.path(), "/path/slashes///")
+        // TODO: Update this once .fileSystemPath uses backslashes for Windows
+        XCTAssertEqual(url.fileSystemPath, "/path/slashes")
+
+        url = URL(filePath: "/path/slashes/")
+        XCTAssertEqual(url.path(), "/path/slashes/")
+        XCTAssertEqual(url.fileSystemPath, "/path/slashes")
+
+        url = URL(filePath: "/path/slashes")
+        XCTAssertEqual(url.path(), "/path/slashes")
+        XCTAssertEqual(url.fileSystemPath, "/path/slashes")
+    }
+
     func testURLComponentsPercentEncodedUnencodedProperties() throws {
         var comp = URLComponents()