diff --git a/storages/backends/s3boto3.py b/storages/backends/s3boto3.py
index 28ed7dd6e..c979c8640 100644
--- a/storages/backends/s3boto3.py
+++ b/storages/backends/s3boto3.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from storages.compress import CompressedFileMixin
 from storages.compress import CompressStorageMixin
 from storages.utils import check_location
+from storages.utils import clean_name
 from storages.utils import get_available_overwrite_name
 from storages.utils import is_seekable
 from storages.utils import lookup_env
@@ -406,20 +407,6 @@ def _get_security_token(self):
         security_token = self.security_token or lookup_env(self.security_token_names)
         return security_token
 
-    def _clean_name(self, name):
-        """
-        Cleans the name so that Windows style paths work
-        """
-        # Normalize Windows style paths
-        clean_name = posixpath.normpath(name).replace('\\', '/')
-
-        # os.path.normpath() can strip trailing slashes so we implement
-        # a workaround here.
-        if name.endswith('/') and not clean_name.endswith('/'):
-            # Add a trailing slash as it was stripped.
-            clean_name += '/'
-        return clean_name
-
     def _normalize_name(self, name):
         """
         Normalizes the name so that paths like /path/to/ignored/../something.txt
@@ -432,7 +419,7 @@ def _normalize_name(self, name):
             raise SuspiciousOperation("Attempted access to '%s' denied." % name)
 
     def _open(self, name, mode='rb'):
-        name = self._normalize_name(self._clean_name(name))
+        name = self._normalize_name(clean_name(name))
         try:
             f = S3Boto3StorageFile(name, mode, self)
         except ClientError as err:
@@ -442,7 +429,7 @@ def _open(self, name, mode='rb'):
         return f
 
     def _save(self, name, content):
-        cleaned_name = self._clean_name(name)
+        cleaned_name = clean_name(name)
         name = self._normalize_name(cleaned_name)
         params = self._get_write_parameters(name, content)
 
@@ -459,11 +446,11 @@ def _save(self, name, content):
         return cleaned_name
 
     def delete(self, name):
-        name = self._normalize_name(self._clean_name(name))
+        name = self._normalize_name(clean_name(name))
         self.bucket.Object(name).delete()
 
     def exists(self, name):
-        name = self._normalize_name(self._clean_name(name))
+        name = self._normalize_name(clean_name(name))
         try:
             self.connection.meta.client.head_object(Bucket=self.bucket_name, Key=name)
             return True
@@ -475,7 +462,7 @@ def exists(self, name):
             raise
 
     def listdir(self, name):
-        path = self._normalize_name(self._clean_name(name))
+        path = self._normalize_name(clean_name(name))
         # The path needs to end with a slash, but if the root is empty, leave it.
         if path and not path.endswith('/'):
             path += '/'
@@ -494,7 +481,7 @@ def listdir(self, name):
         return directories, files
 
     def size(self, name):
-        name = self._normalize_name(self._clean_name(name))
+        name = self._normalize_name(clean_name(name))
         return self.bucket.Object(name).content_length
 
     def _get_write_parameters(self, name, content=None):
@@ -531,7 +518,7 @@ def get_modified_time(self, name):
         Returns an (aware) datetime object containing the last modified time if
         USE_TZ is True, otherwise returns a naive datetime in the local timezone.
         """
-        name = self._normalize_name(self._clean_name(name))
+        name = self._normalize_name(clean_name(name))
         entry = self.bucket.Object(name)
         if setting('USE_TZ'):
             # boto3 returns TZ aware timestamps
@@ -569,7 +556,7 @@ def _strip_signing_parameters(self, url):
 
     def url(self, name, parameters=None, expire=None, http_method=None):
         # Preserve the trailing slash after normalizing the path.
-        name = self._normalize_name(self._clean_name(name))
+        name = self._normalize_name(clean_name(name))
         params = parameters.copy() if parameters else {}
         if expire is None:
             expire = self.querystring_expire
@@ -598,7 +585,7 @@ def url(self, name, parameters=None, expire=None, http_method=None):
 
     def get_available_name(self, name, max_length=None):
         """Overwrite existing file with the same name."""
-        name = self._clean_name(name)
+        name = clean_name(name)
         if self.file_overwrite:
             return get_available_overwrite_name(name, max_length)
         return super().get_available_name(name, max_length)
diff --git a/tests/test_s3boto3.py b/tests/test_s3boto3.py
index 19f878d1b..ed05fd311 100644
--- a/tests/test_s3boto3.py
+++ b/tests/test_s3boto3.py
@@ -30,34 +30,6 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.storage = s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage()
         self.storage._connections.connection = mock.MagicMock()
 
-    def test_clean_name(self):
-        """
-        Test the base case of _clean_name
-        """
-        path = self.storage._clean_name("path/to/somewhere")
-        self.assertEqual(path, "path/to/somewhere")
-
-    def test_clean_name_normalize(self):
-        """
-        Test the normalization of _clean_name
-        """
-        path = self.storage._clean_name("path/to/../somewhere")
-        self.assertEqual(path, "path/somewhere")
-
-    def test_clean_name_trailing_slash(self):
-        """
-        Test the _clean_name when the path has a trailing slash
-        """
-        path = self.storage._clean_name("path/to/somewhere/")
-        self.assertEqual(path, "path/to/somewhere/")
-
-    def test_clean_name_windows(self):
-        """
-        Test the _clean_name when the path has a trailing slash
-        """
-        path = self.storage._clean_name("path\\to\\somewhere")
-        self.assertEqual(path, "path/to/somewhere")
-
     def test_s3_session(self):
         settings.AWS_S3_SESSION_PROFILE = "test_profile"
         with mock.patch('boto3.Session') as mock_session: