[utils] Fix splitunc deprecation warning

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 52f0dd09a..e628fac81 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -312,17 +312,17 @@ def sanitize_path(s):
     """Sanitizes and normalizes path on Windows"""
     if sys.platform != 'win32':
         return s
-    drive, _ = os.path.splitdrive(s)
-    unc, _ = os.path.splitunc(s)
-    unc_or_drive = unc or drive
-    norm_path = os.path.normpath(remove_start(s, unc_or_drive)).split(os.path.sep)
-    if unc_or_drive:
+    drive_or_unc, _ = os.path.splitdrive(s)
+    if sys.version_info < (2, 7) and not drive_or_unc:
+        drive_or_unc, _ = os.path.splitunc(s)
+    norm_path = os.path.normpath(remove_start(s, drive_or_unc)).split(os.path.sep)
+    if drive_or_unc:
         norm_path.pop(0)
     sanitized_path = [
         path_part if path_part in ['.', '..'] else re.sub('(?:[/<>:"\\|\\\\?\\*]|\.$)', '#', path_part)
         for path_part in norm_path]
-    if unc_or_drive:
-        sanitized_path.insert(0, unc_or_drive + os.path.sep)
+    if drive_or_unc:
+        sanitized_path.insert(0, drive_or_unc + os.path.sep)
     return os.path.join(*sanitized_path)