diff -r e8f40d4f497c Lib/ntpath.py
--- a/Lib/ntpath.py	Tue Jan 22 10:32:16 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/ntpath.py	Tue Jan 22 14:27:53 2013 +0200
@@ -636,23 +636,6 @@
     return join(*rel_list)
 
 
-# determine if two files are in fact the same file
-try:
-    # GetFinalPathNameByHandle is available starting with Windows 6.0.
-    # Windows XP and non-Windows OS'es will mock _getfinalpathname.
-    if sys.getwindowsversion()[:2] >= (6, 0):
-        from nt import _getfinalpathname
-    else:
-        raise ImportError
-except (AttributeError, ImportError):
-    # On Windows XP and earlier, two files are the same if their absolute
-    # pathnames are the same.
-    # Non-Windows operating systems fake this method with an XP
-    # approximation.
-    def _getfinalpathname(f):
-        return normcase(abspath(f))
-
-
 try:
     # The genericpath.isdir implementation uses os.stat and checks the mode
     # attribute to tell whether or not the path is a directory.
diff -r e8f40d4f497c Modules/posixmodule.c
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c	Tue Jan 22 10:32:16 2013 +0200
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c	Tue Jan 22 14:27:53 2013 +0200
@@ -3447,70 +3447,6 @@
 } /* end of posix__getfullpathname */
 
 
-
-/* A helper function for samepath on windows */
-static PyObject *
-posix__getfinalpathname(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-    HANDLE hFile;
-    int buf_size;
-    wchar_t *target_path;
-    int result_length;
-    PyObject *po, *result;
-    wchar_t *path;
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "U|:_getfinalpathname", &po))
-        return NULL;
-    path = PyUnicode_AsUnicode(po);
-    if (path == NULL)
-        return NULL;
-
-    if(!check_GetFinalPathNameByHandle()) {
-        /* If the OS doesn't have GetFinalPathNameByHandle, return a
-           NotImplementedError. */
-        return PyErr_Format(PyExc_NotImplementedError,
-            "GetFinalPathNameByHandle not available on this platform");
-    }
-
-    hFile = CreateFileW(
-        path,
-        0, /* desired access */
-        0, /* share mode */
-        NULL, /* security attributes */
-        OPEN_EXISTING,
-        /* FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS is required to open a directory */
-        FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS,
-        NULL);
-
-    if(hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
-        return win32_error_object("CreateFileW", po);
-
-    /* We have a good handle to the target, use it to determine the
-       target path name. */
-    buf_size = Py_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hFile, 0, 0, VOLUME_NAME_NT);
-
-    if(!buf_size)
-        return win32_error_object("GetFinalPathNameByHandle", po);
-
-    target_path = (wchar_t *)malloc((buf_size+1)*sizeof(wchar_t));
-    if(!target_path)
-        return PyErr_NoMemory();
-
-    result_length = Py_GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(hFile, target_path,
-                                                 buf_size, VOLUME_NAME_DOS);
-    if(!result_length)
-        return win32_error_object("GetFinalPathNamyByHandle", po);
-
-    if(!CloseHandle(hFile))
-        return win32_error_object("CloseHandle", po);
-
-    target_path[result_length] = 0;
-    result = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(target_path, result_length);
-    free(target_path);
-    return result;
-
-} /* end of posix__getfinalpathname */
-
 PyDoc_STRVAR(posix__isdir__doc__,
 "Return true if the pathname refers to an existing directory.");
 
@@ -10588,7 +10524,6 @@
     {"abort",           posix_abort, METH_NOARGS, posix_abort__doc__},
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
     {"_getfullpathname",        posix__getfullpathname, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
-    {"_getfinalpathname",       posix__getfinalpathname, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
     {"_isdir",                  posix__isdir, METH_VARARGS, posix__isdir__doc__},
     {"_getdiskusage",           win32__getdiskusage, METH_VARARGS, win32__getdiskusage__doc__},
 #endif