diff --git a/backend/azureblob/azureblob.go b/backend/azureblob/azureblob.go
index 9855170d2..6c07a3320 100644
--- a/backend/azureblob/azureblob.go
+++ b/backend/azureblob/azureblob.go
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ func (f *Fs) list(ctx context.Context, containerName, directory, prefix string,
 			isDirectory := isDirectoryMarker(*file.Properties.ContentLength, file.Metadata, remote)
 			if isDirectory {
 				// Don't insert the root directory
-				if remote == directory {
+				if remote == f.opt.Enc.ToStandardPath(directory) {
 					continue
 				}
 				// process directory markers as directories
diff --git a/backend/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go b/backend/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
index 1d1bffaee..07f589ab8 100644
--- a/backend/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
+++ b/backend/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ func (f *Fs) list(ctx context.Context, bucket, directory, prefix string, addBuck
 			// is this a directory marker?
 			if isDirectory {
 				// Don't insert the root directory
-				if remote == directory {
+				if remote == f.opt.Enc.ToStandardPath(directory) {
 					continue
 				}
 				// process directory markers as directories
diff --git a/backend/s3/s3.go b/backend/s3/s3.go
index 6f1ded7f1..40dbf807a 100644
--- a/backend/s3/s3.go
+++ b/backend/s3/s3.go
@@ -4065,7 +4065,7 @@ func (f *Fs) list(ctx context.Context, opt listOpt, fn listFn) error {
 					isDirectory = false
 				} else {
 					// Don't insert the root directory
-					if remote == opt.directory {
+					if remote == f.opt.Enc.ToStandardPath(opt.directory) {
 						continue
 					}
 				}