diff --git a/src/utils/url.test.ts b/src/utils/url.test.ts
index f1570bb14..621c4d90e 100644
--- a/src/utils/url.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/url.test.ts
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ describe('url', () => {
       expect(mergePath('/book', 'hey', 'say')).toBe('/book/hey/say')
       expect(mergePath('/book', '/hey/', '/say/')).toBe('/book/hey/say/')
       expect(mergePath('/book', '/hey/', '/say/', '/')).toBe('/book/hey/say/')
-      expect(mergePath('/book', '/hey', '/say', '/')).toBe('/book/hey/say')
-      expect(mergePath('/', '/book', '/hey', '/say', '/')).toBe('/book/hey/say')
 
       expect(mergePath('book', '/')).toBe('/book')
       expect(mergePath('book/', '/')).toBe('/book/')
diff --git a/src/utils/url.ts b/src/utils/url.ts
index eea5b4483..7c87846a2 100644
--- a/src/utils/url.ts
+++ b/src/utils/url.ts
@@ -141,12 +141,10 @@ export const mergePath = (...paths: string[]): string => {
   let endsWithSlash = false
 
   for (let path of paths) {
-    // calculate endsWithSlash at the start of each iteration
-    endsWithSlash = p.at(-1) === '/'
-
     /* ['/hey/','/say'] => ['/hey', '/say'] */
-    if (endsWithSlash) {
+    if (p.at(-1) === '/') {
       p = p.slice(0, -1)
+      endsWithSlash = true
     }
 
     /* ['/hey','say'] => ['/hey', '/say'] */