diff --git a/lib/internal/url.js b/lib/internal/url.js
index 7f2277c474e235..3c464ffbd638f6 100644
--- a/lib/internal/url.js
+++ b/lib/internal/url.js
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ function urlToOptions(url) {
   return options;
 }
 
-const forwardSlashesRegEx = /\/+/g;
+const forwardSlashRegEx = /\//g;
 
 function getPathFromURLWin32(url) {
   const hostname = url.hostname;
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ function getPathFromURLWin32(url) {
       }
     }
   }
-  pathname = pathname.replace(forwardSlashesRegEx, '\\');
+  pathname = pathname.replace(forwardSlashRegEx, '\\');
   pathname = decodeURIComponent(pathname);
   if (hostname !== '') {
     // If hostname is set, then we have a UNC path
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ function getPathFromURLPosix(url) {
   if (url.hostname !== '') {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_FILE_URL_HOST(platform);
   }
-  let pathname = url.pathname;
+  const pathname = url.pathname;
   for (let n = 0; n < pathname.length; n++) {
     if (pathname[n] === '%') {
       const third = pathname.codePointAt(n + 2) | 0x20;
@@ -1347,7 +1347,6 @@ function getPathFromURLPosix(url) {
       }
     }
   }
-  pathname = pathname.replace(forwardSlashesRegEx, '/');
   return decodeURIComponent(pathname);
 }