diff -r 0c508d87f80b Lib/ntpath.py
--- a/Lib/ntpath.py	Fri Dec 06 17:25:51 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/ntpath.py	Fri Dec 06 20:57:03 2013 +0200
@@ -240,26 +240,12 @@
     """
     import warnings
     warnings.warn("ntpath.splitunc is deprecated, use ntpath.splitdrive instead",
-                  DeprecationWarning)
-    sep = _get_sep(p)
-    if not p[1:2]:
-        return p[:0], p # Drive letter present
-    firstTwo = p[0:2]
-    if normcase(firstTwo) == sep + sep:
-        # is a UNC path:
-        # vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv equivalent to drive letter
-        # \\machine\mountpoint\directories...
-        #           directory ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-        normp = normcase(p)
-        index = normp.find(sep, 2)
-        if index == -1:
-            ##raise RuntimeError, 'illegal UNC path: "' + p + '"'
-            return (p[:0], p)
-        index = normp.find(sep, index + 1)
-        if index == -1:
-            index = len(p)
-        return p[:index], p[index:]
-    return p[:0], p
+                  DeprecationWarning, 2)
+    drive, path = splitdrive(p)
+    if len(drive) == 2:
+         # Drive letter present
+        return p[:0], p
+    return drive, path
 
 
 # Split a path in head (everything up to the last '/') and tail (the
diff -r 0c508d87f80b Lib/test/test_ntpath.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_ntpath.py	Fri Dec 06 17:25:51 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ntpath.py	Fri Dec 06 20:57:03 2013 +0200
@@ -67,6 +67,29 @@
         tester('ntpath.splitdrive("//conky//mountpoint/foo/bar")',
                ('', '//conky//mountpoint/foo/bar'))
 
+    def test_splitunc(self):
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            ntpath.splitunc('')
+        with support.check_warnings(('', DeprecationWarning)):
+            tester('ntpath.splitunc("c:\\foo\\bar")',
+                   ('', 'c:\\foo\\bar'))
+            tester('ntpath.splitunc("c:/foo/bar")',
+                   ('', 'c:/foo/bar'))
+            tester('ntpath.splitunc("\\\\conky\\mountpoint\\foo\\bar")',
+                   ('\\\\conky\\mountpoint', '\\foo\\bar'))
+            tester('ntpath.splitunc("//conky/mountpoint/foo/bar")',
+                   ('//conky/mountpoint', '/foo/bar'))
+            tester('ntpath.splitunc("\\\\\\conky\\mountpoint\\foo\\bar")',
+                   ('', '\\\\\\conky\\mountpoint\\foo\\bar'))
+            tester('ntpath.splitunc("///conky/mountpoint/foo/bar")',
+                   ('', '///conky/mountpoint/foo/bar'))
+            tester('ntpath.splitunc("\\\\conky\\\\mountpoint\\foo\\bar")',
+                   ('', '\\\\conky\\\\mountpoint\\foo\\bar'))
+            tester('ntpath.splitunc("//conky//mountpoint/foo/bar")',
+                   ('', '//conky//mountpoint/foo/bar'))
+            self.assertEqual(ntpath.splitunc('//conky/mountpoint\u0130/foo/bar'),
+                             ('//conky/mountpoint\u0130', '/foo/bar'))
+
     def test_split(self):
         tester('ntpath.split("c:\\foo\\bar")', ('c:\\foo', 'bar'))
         tester('ntpath.split("\\\\conky\\mountpoint\\foo\\bar")',