     /// of each successive path component, starting from the root.  Therefore
     /// the first path component of an absolute path is always `/`.
     public var components: [String] {
-        return ["/"] + _impl.components
+        return _impl.components
     }
 }
 

#if os(Windows)
import Foundation
import WinSDK
#endif

/// Represents an absolute file system path, independently of what (or whether

    /// Initializes the AbsolutePath by concatenating a relative path to an
    /// existing absolute path, and renormalizing if necessary.
    public init(_ absPath: AbsolutePath, _ relPath: RelativePath) {
        self.init(absPath._impl.appending(relativePath: relPath._impl))
    }

    /// Convenience initializer that appends a string to a relative path.
