diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py
@@ -358,34 +358,55 @@ def with_segments(self, *pathsegments):
        return type(self)(*pathsegments)

    @classmethod
-    def _parse_path(cls, path):
-        if not path:
            return '', '', []
        sep = cls.pathmod.sep
        altsep = cls.pathmod.altsep
-        if altsep:
-            path = path.replace(altsep, sep)
-        drv, root, rel = cls.pathmod.splitroot(path)
-        if not root and drv.startswith(sep) and not drv.endswith(sep):
            drv_parts = drv.split(sep)
            if len(drv_parts) == 4 and drv_parts[2] not in '?.':
                # e.g. //server/share
                root = sep
            elif len(drv_parts) == 6:
                # e.g. //?/unc/server/share
                root = sep
-        parsed = [sys.intern(str(x)) for x in rel.split(sep) if x and x != '.']
        return drv, root, parsed

    def _load_parts(self):
-        paths = self._raw_paths
-        if len(paths) == 0:
-            path = ''
-        elif len(paths) == 1:
-            path = paths[0]
-        else:
-            path = self.pathmod.join(*paths)
-        drv, root, tail = self._parse_path(path)
        self._drv = drv
        self._root = root
        self._tail_cached = tail
@@ -1661,7 +1682,7 @@ def expanduser(self):
            homedir = os.path.expanduser(self._tail[0])
            if homedir[:1] == "~":
                raise RuntimeError("Could not determine home directory.")
-            drv, root, tail = self._parse_path(homedir)
            return self._from_parsed_parts(drv, root, tail + self._tail[1:])

        return self

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-06-08-01-14-07.gh-issue-104996.77mt8h.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-06-08-01-14-07.gh-issue-104996.77mt8h.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@