diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilder.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilder.java
index 32f0172fda..e2251a3ece 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilder.java
@@ -716,35 +716,18 @@ public class UriComponentsBuilder implements Cloneable {
 		}
 
 		public void addPath(String path) {
-			if (!StringUtils.hasText(path)) {
-				return;
+			if (StringUtils.hasText(path)) {
+				PathSegmentComponentBuilder psBuilder = getLastBuilder(PathSegmentComponentBuilder.class);
+				FullPathComponentBuilder fpBuilder = getLastBuilder(FullPathComponentBuilder.class);
+				if (psBuilder != null) {
+					path = path.startsWith("/") ? path : "/" + path;
+				}
+				if (fpBuilder == null) {
+					fpBuilder = new FullPathComponentBuilder();
+					this.builders.add(fpBuilder);
+				}
+				fpBuilder.append(path);
 			}
-			int startIndex = path.indexOf("{/");
-			while (startIndex != -1) {
-				String pathToAdd = path.substring(0, startIndex);
-				addPathInternal(pathToAdd);
-
-				int endIndex = path.indexOf("}", startIndex);
-				String pathSegmentToAdd = "{" + path.substring(startIndex + 2, endIndex) + "}";
-				addPathSegments(pathSegmentToAdd);
-
-				path = (endIndex >= path.length()) ? "" : path.substring(endIndex + 1);
-				startIndex = path.indexOf("{/");
-			}
-			addPathInternal(path);
-		}
-
-		private void addPathInternal(String path) {
-			PathSegmentComponentBuilder psBuilder = getLastBuilder(PathSegmentComponentBuilder.class);
-			FullPathComponentBuilder fpBuilder = getLastBuilder(FullPathComponentBuilder.class);
-			if (psBuilder != null) {
-				path = path.startsWith("/") ? path : "/" + path;
-			}
-			if (fpBuilder == null) {
-				fpBuilder = new FullPathComponentBuilder();
-				this.builders.add(fpBuilder);
-			}
-			fpBuilder.append(path);
 		}
 
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilderTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilderTests.java
index 917f147eb6..b5ee2eba69 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilderTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriComponentsBuilderTests.java
@@ -195,16 +195,6 @@ public class UriComponentsBuilderTests {
 		assertEquals("1USD=?EUR", result.getQueryParams().getFirst("q"));
 	}
 
-	//SPR-12750
-
-	@Test
-	public void fromUriStringWithVariablesRfc6570() {
-		String url = "http://example.com/part1/{/part2}/{var1}/url/{/urlvar}/";
-		UriComponentsBuilder builder = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(url);
-		UriComponents uriComponents = builder.build().expand("part/2", "var/1", "url/var").encode();
-		assertEquals("/part1/part%2F2/var/1/url/url%2Fvar/", uriComponents.getPath());
-	}
-
 	// SPR-10779
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriTemplateTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriTemplateTests.java
index 5a98e6c37b..ebd3cea217 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriTemplateTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/UriTemplateTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -98,19 +98,6 @@ public class UriTemplateTests {
 		template.expand(uriVariables);
 	}
 
-	//SPR-12750
-
-	@Test
-	public void expandMapForRFC6570() throws Exception {
-		Map<String, String> uriVariables = new HashMap<String, String>(2);
-		uriVariables.put("hotel", "1");
-		uriVariables.put("publicpath", "pics/logo.png");
-		uriVariables.put("scale", "150x150");
-		UriTemplate template = new UriTemplate("/hotels/{hotel}/pic/{/publicpath}/size/{scale}");
-		URI result = template.expand(uriVariables);
-		assertEquals("Invalid expanded template", new URI("/hotels/1/pic/pics%2Flogo.png/size/150x150"), result);
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void expandEncoded() throws Exception {
 		UriTemplate template = new UriTemplate("http://example.com/hotel list/{hotel}");