diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ def copytree(src, dst, symlinks=False, ignore=None, copy_function=copy2,
                         ignore_dangling_symlinks=ignore_dangling_symlinks,
                         dirs_exist_ok=dirs_exist_ok)

-if hasattr(stat, 'FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT'):
    # Special handling for directory junctions to make them behave like
    # symlinks for shutil.rmtree, since in general they do not appear as
    # regular links.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-29-16-41-36.bpo-37834.FThnsh.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-29-16-41-36.bpo-37834.FThnsh.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@