From d8e6bf63edf8941d968ed7657c418133c47ae344 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nobuyoshi Nakada <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 14:16:44 +0900
Subject: pathname: ABSOLUTE_PATH is no longer used

---
 pathname_builtin.rb | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pathname_builtin.rb b/pathname_builtin.rb
index cab20678db..a38e28de8a 100644
--- a/pathname_builtin.rb
+++ b/pathname_builtin.rb
@@ -330,17 +330,6 @@ class Pathname
   SEPARATOR_PAT.freeze
   private_constant :SEPARATOR_PAT
 
-  if File.dirname('A:') == 'A:.' # DOSish drive letter
-    # Regexp that matches an absolute path.
-    ABSOLUTE_PATH = /\A(?:[A-Za-z]:|#{SEPARATOR_PAT})/
-  else
-    ABSOLUTE_PATH = /\A#{SEPARATOR_PAT}/
-  end
-  ABSOLUTE_PATH.freeze
-  private_constant :ABSOLUTE_PATH
-
-  # :startdoc:
-
   # Creates a full path, including any intermediate directories that don't yet
   # exist.
   #
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