1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py b/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
index 2fc087d13ae..d2a31ed6439 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib/_abc.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import functools
-import ntpath
 import posixpath
 from errno import ENOENT, ENOTDIR, EBADF, ELOOP, EINVAL
 from stat import S_ISDIR, S_ISLNK, S_ISREG, S_ISSOCK, S_ISBLK, S_ISCHR, S_ISFIFO
@@ -373,10 +372,7 @@ class PurePathBase:
     def is_absolute(self):
         """True if the path is absolute (has both a root and, if applicable,
         a drive)."""
-        if self.pathmod is ntpath:
-            # ntpath.isabs() is defective - see GH-44626.
-            return bool(self.drive and self.root)
-        elif self.pathmod is posixpath:
+        if self.pathmod is posixpath:
             # Optimization: work with raw paths on POSIX.
             for path in self._raw_paths:
                 if path.startswith('/'):