diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index 6943e964e4..42f26ea466 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -199,7 +199,5 @@ def get_windows_temp_path():
     buf = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(u'\0'*n)
     ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetTempPathW(n, buf)
     ans = buf.value
-    if ans[-1] == u'\\':
-        ans = ans[:-1]
     return ans if ans else None