1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/os/env.c b/src/nvim/os/env.c
index 5b1cb01976..8a81f6e928 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/env.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/env.c
@@ -586,9 +586,6 @@ void expand_env_esc(char *restrict srcp, char *restrict dst, int dstlen, bool es
   bool copy_char;
   bool mustfree;  // var was allocated, need to free it later
   bool at_start = true;  // at start of a name
-#if defined(BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME)
-  char *const save_dst = dst;
-#endif
 
   int prefix_len = (prefix == NULL) ? 0 : (int)strlen(prefix);
 
@@ -729,7 +726,7 @@ void expand_env_esc(char *restrict srcp, char *restrict dst, int dstlen, bool es
         // with it, skip a character
         if (after_pathsep(dst, dst + c)
 #if defined(BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME)
-            && (dst == save_dst || dst[-1] != ':')
+            && dst[c - 1] != ':'
 #endif
             && vim_ispathsep(*tail)) {
           tail++;