diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
index 40ab67bb34f..5660f3c8adb 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemengine_unix.cpp
@@ -1826,6 +1826,8 @@ static constexpr QLatin1StringView nativeTempPath() noexcept
     QLatin1StringView temp = _PATH_TMP ""_L1;
     static_assert(_PATH_TMP[0] == '/', "_PATH_TMP needs to be absolute");
     static_assert(_PATH_TMP[1] != '\0', "Are you really sure _PATH_TMP should be the root dir??");
+    if (temp.endsWith(u'/'))
+        temp.chop(1);
     return temp;
 }
 
@@ -1835,17 +1837,12 @@ QString QFileSystemEngine::tempPath()
     return QT_UNIX_TEMP_PATH_OVERRIDE ""_L1;
 #else
     QString temp = qEnvironmentVariable("TMPDIR");
-    if (temp.isEmpty()) {
-        if (false) {
-#if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN) && !defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED)
-        } else if (NSString *nsPath = NSTemporaryDirectory()) {
-            temp = QString::fromCFString((CFStringRef)nsPath);
-#endif
-        } else {
-            constexpr auto nativeTemp = nativeTempPath();
-            temp = nativeTemp;
-        }
-    }
+#  if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN) && !defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED)
+    if (NSString *nsPath; temp.isEmpty() && (nsPath = NSTemporaryDirectory()))
+        temp = QString::fromCFString((CFStringRef)nsPath);
+#  endif
+    if (temp.isEmpty())
+        return nativeTempPath();
 
     // the environment variable may also end in '/'
     if (temp.size() > 1 && temp.endsWith(u'/'))