diff --git a/dlls/api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0/api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.spec b/dlls/api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0/api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.spec
index 3caaf80acba..fcc3d7ffad4 100644
--- a/dlls/api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0/api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.spec
+++ b/dlls/api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0/api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 @ stub PathCchCombineEx
 @ stdcall PathCchFindExtension(wstr long ptr) kernelbase.PathCchFindExtension
 @ stdcall PathCchIsRoot(wstr) kernelbase.PathCchIsRoot
-@ stub PathCchRemoveBackslash
+@ stdcall PathCchRemoveBackslash(wstr long) kernelbase.PathCchRemoveBackslash
 @ stdcall PathCchRemoveBackslashEx(wstr long ptr ptr) kernelbase.PathCchRemoveBackslashEx
 @ stdcall PathCchRemoveExtension(wstr long) kernelbase.PathCchRemoveExtension
 @ stub PathCchRemoveFileSpec
diff --git a/dlls/kernelbase/kernelbase.spec b/dlls/kernelbase/kernelbase.spec
index a08fd2c046e..252f47c5c79 100644
--- a/dlls/kernelbase/kernelbase.spec
+++ b/dlls/kernelbase/kernelbase.spec
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@
 # @ stub PathCchCombineEx
 @ stdcall PathCchFindExtension(wstr long ptr)
 @ stdcall PathCchIsRoot(wstr)
-# @ stub PathCchRemoveBackslash
+@ stdcall PathCchRemoveBackslash(wstr long)
 @ stdcall PathCchRemoveBackslashEx(wstr long ptr ptr)
 @ stdcall PathCchRemoveExtension(wstr long)
 # @ stub PathCchRemoveFileSpec
diff --git a/dlls/kernelbase/path.c b/dlls/kernelbase/path.c
index 05fcc2b265f..b28abc437c0 100644
--- a/dlls/kernelbase/path.c
+++ b/dlls/kernelbase/path.c
@@ -278,6 +278,16 @@ BOOL WINAPI PathCchIsRoot(const WCHAR *path)
         return FALSE;
 }
 
+HRESULT WINAPI PathCchRemoveBackslash(WCHAR *path, SIZE_T path_size)
+{
+    WCHAR *path_end;
+    SIZE_T free_size;
+
+    TRACE("%s %lu\n", debugstr_w(path), path_size);
+
+    return PathCchRemoveBackslashEx(path, path_size, &path_end, &free_size);
+}
+
 HRESULT WINAPI PathCchRemoveBackslashEx(WCHAR *path, SIZE_T path_size, WCHAR **path_end, SIZE_T *free_size)
 {
     const WCHAR *root_end;
diff --git a/dlls/kernelbase/tests/path.c b/dlls/kernelbase/tests/path.c
index 9f9a88c9d17..965d9f10624 100644
--- a/dlls/kernelbase/tests/path.c
+++ b/dlls/kernelbase/tests/path.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ HRESULT (WINAPI *pPathCchAddExtension)(WCHAR *path, SIZE_T size, const WCHAR *ex
 HRESULT (WINAPI *pPathCchCombineEx)(WCHAR *out, SIZE_T size, const WCHAR *path1, const WCHAR *path2, DWORD flags);
 HRESULT (WINAPI *pPathCchFindExtension)(const WCHAR *path, SIZE_T size, const WCHAR **extension);
 BOOL    (WINAPI *pPathCchIsRoot)(const WCHAR *path);
+HRESULT (WINAPI *pPathCchRemoveBackslash)(WCHAR *path, SIZE_T path_size);
 HRESULT (WINAPI *pPathCchRemoveBackslashEx)(WCHAR *path, SIZE_T path_size, WCHAR **path_end, SIZE_T *free_size);
 HRESULT (WINAPI *pPathCchRemoveExtension)(WCHAR *path, SIZE_T size);
 HRESULT (WINAPI *pPathCchRenameExtension)(WCHAR *path, SIZE_T size, const WCHAR *extension);
@@ -593,6 +594,52 @@ static const struct removebackslashex_test removebackslashex_tests [] =
      "\\\\?\\Volume{e51a1864-6f2d-4019-b73d-f4e60e600c26}\\a", 50, 2, S_OK}
 };
 
+static void test_PathCchRemoveBackslash(void)
+{
+    WCHAR pathW[PATHCCH_MAX_CCH];
+    CHAR pathA[PATHCCH_MAX_CCH];
+    HRESULT hr;
+    SIZE_T path_size;
+    INT i;
+
+    if (!pPathCchRemoveBackslash)
+    {
+        win_skip("PathCchRemoveBackslash() is not available.\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* No NULL check for path on Windows */
+    if (0)
+    {
+        hr = pPathCchRemoveBackslash(NULL, PATHCCH_MAX_CCH);
+        ok(hr == E_INVALIDARG, "expect hr %#x, got %#x\n", E_INVALIDARG, hr);
+    }
+
+    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, "C:\\a\\", -1, pathW, ARRAY_SIZE(pathW));
+    hr = pPathCchRemoveBackslash(pathW, 0);
+    ok(hr == E_INVALIDARG, "expect hr %#x, got %#x\n", E_INVALIDARG, hr);
+
+    hr = pPathCchRemoveBackslash(pathW, PATHCCH_MAX_CCH + 1);
+    ok(hr == S_OK, "expect hr %#x, got %#x\n", S_OK, hr);
+
+    hr = pPathCchRemoveBackslash(pathW, PATHCCH_MAX_CCH);
+    ok(hr == S_FALSE, "expect hr %#x, got %#x\n", S_FALSE, hr);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(removebackslashex_tests); i++)
+    {
+        const struct removebackslashex_test *t = removebackslashex_tests + i;
+        path_size = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, t->path_in, -1, pathW, ARRAY_SIZE(pathW));
+        hr = pPathCchRemoveBackslash(pathW, path_size);
+        ok(hr == t->hr, "path %s expect result %#x, got %#x\n", t->path_in, t->hr, hr);
+        if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
+        {
+            WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, pathW, -1, pathA, ARRAY_SIZE(pathA), NULL, NULL);
+            ok(!lstrcmpA(pathA, t->path_out), "path %s expect output path %s, got %s\n", t->path_in, t->path_out,
+               pathA);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static void test_PathCchRemoveBackslashEx(void)
 {
     WCHAR pathW[PATHCCH_MAX_CCH];
@@ -1221,6 +1268,7 @@ START_TEST(path)
     pPathCchAddExtension = (void *)GetProcAddress(hmod, "PathCchAddExtension");
     pPathCchFindExtension = (void *)GetProcAddress(hmod, "PathCchFindExtension");
     pPathCchIsRoot = (void *)GetProcAddress(hmod, "PathCchIsRoot");
+    pPathCchRemoveBackslash = (void *)GetProcAddress(hmod, "PathCchRemoveBackslash");
     pPathCchRemoveBackslashEx = (void *)GetProcAddress(hmod, "PathCchRemoveBackslashEx");
     pPathCchRemoveExtension = (void *)GetProcAddress(hmod, "PathCchRemoveExtension");
     pPathCchRenameExtension = (void *)GetProcAddress(hmod, "PathCchRenameExtension");
@@ -1235,6 +1283,7 @@ START_TEST(path)
     test_PathCchAddExtension();
     test_PathCchFindExtension();
     test_PathCchIsRoot();
+    test_PathCchRemoveBackslash();
     test_PathCchRemoveBackslashEx();
     test_PathCchRemoveExtension();
     test_PathCchRenameExtension();
diff --git a/include/pathcch.h b/include/pathcch.h
index f7de815d164..f4c83770593 100644
--- a/include/pathcch.h
+++ b/include/pathcch.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI PathCchAddExtension(WCHAR *path, SIZE_T size, const WCHAR *extens
 HRESULT WINAPI PathCchCombineEx(WCHAR *out, SIZE_T size, const WCHAR *path1, const WCHAR *path2, DWORD flags);
 HRESULT WINAPI PathCchFindExtension(const WCHAR *path, SIZE_T size, const WCHAR **extension);
 BOOL    WINAPI PathCchIsRoot(const WCHAR *path);
+HRESULT WINAPI PathCchRemoveBackslash(WCHAR *path, SIZE_T path_size);
 HRESULT WINAPI PathCchRemoveBackslashEx(WCHAR *path, SIZE_T path_size, WCHAR **path_end, SIZE_T *free_size);
 HRESULT WINAPI PathCchRemoveExtension(WCHAR *path, SIZE_T size);
 HRESULT WINAPI PathCchRenameExtension(WCHAR *path, SIZE_T size, const WCHAR *extension);