diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathUtils.py b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathUtils.py
index 419855bdb2..7914c0a54c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathUtils.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathUtils.py
@@ -718,7 +718,28 @@ class depth_params(object):
             )[1:]
 
         depths.reverse()
-        return depths
+
+        if len(depths) < 2:
+            return depths
+
+        return self.__filter_roughly_equal_depths(depths)
+
+    def __filter_roughly_equal_depths(self, depths):
+        """Depths arrive sorted from largest to smallest, positive to negative.
+        Return unique list of depths, using PathGeom.isRoughly() method to determine
+        if the two values are equal.  Only one of two consecutive equals are removed.
+
+        The assumption is that there are not enough consecutively roughly-equal depths
+        to be removed, so as to eliminate an effective step-down depth with the removal
+        of repetitive roughly-equal values."""
+
+        depthcopy = sorted(depths)  # make a copy and sort low to high
+        keep = [depthcopy[0]]
+        for depth in depthcopy[1:]:
+            if not PathGeom.isRoughly(depth, keep[-1]):
+                keep.append(depth)
+        keep.reverse()  # reverse results back high to low
+        return keep
 
     def __equal_steps(self, start, stop, max_size):
         """returns a list of depths beginning with the bottom (included), ending
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/PathTests/TestPathDepthParams.py b/src/Mod/Path/PathTests/TestPathDepthParams.py
index fed0779fc8..a8ccd95579 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/PathTests/TestPathDepthParams.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/PathTests/TestPathDepthParams.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class depthTestCases(unittest.TestCase):
         r = [i for i in d]
         self.assertListEqual(r, expected)
 
-    def test10(self):
+    def test001(self):
         """Stepping from zero to a negative depth"""
 
         args = {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class depthTestCases(unittest.TestCase):
         r = [i for i in d]
         self.assertListEqual(r, expected)
 
-    def test20(self):
+    def test002(self):
         """Start and end are equal or start lower than finish"""
 
         args = {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class depthTestCases(unittest.TestCase):
         r = [i for i in d]
         self.assertListEqual(r, expected)
 
-    def test30(self):
+    def test003(self):
         """User Parameters passed in"""
         args = {
             "clearance_height": 10,
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class depthTestCases(unittest.TestCase):
         r = [i for i in d]
         self.assertListEqual(r, expected)
 
-    def test40(self):
+    def test004(self):
         """z_finish_step passed in."""
         args = {
             "clearance_height": 10,
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class depthTestCases(unittest.TestCase):
         r = [i for i in d]
         self.assertListEqual(r, expected)
 
-    def test50(self):
+    def test005(self):
         """stepping down with equalstep=True"""
         args = {
             "clearance_height": 10,
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class depthTestCases(unittest.TestCase):
         r = [i for i in d]
         self.assertListEqual(r, expected)
 
-    def test60(self):
+    def test006(self):
         """stepping down with equalstep=True and a finish depth"""
         args = {
             "clearance_height": 10,
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class depthTestCases(unittest.TestCase):
         r = [i for i in d]
         self.assertListEqual(r, expected)
 
-    def test70(self):
+    def test007(self):
         """stepping down with stepdown greater than total depth"""
         args = {
             "clearance_height": 10,
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class depthTestCases(unittest.TestCase):
         r = [i for i in d]
         self.assertListEqual(r, expected)
 
-    def test80(self):
+    def test008(self):
         """Test handling of negative step-down, negative finish step, and relative size of step/finish"""
 
         # negative steps should be converted to positive values
@@ -211,3 +211,59 @@ class depthTestCases(unittest.TestCase):
             "user_depths": None,
         }
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, PathUtils.depth_params, **args)
+
+    def test009(self):
+        """stepping down with single stepdown exactly equal to total depth"""
+        args = {
+            "clearance_height": 20.0,
+            "safe_height": 15.0,
+            "start_depth": 10.0,
+            "step_down": 10.0,
+            "z_finish_step": 0.0,
+            "final_depth": 0.0,
+            "user_depths": None,
+        }
+
+        expected = [0]
+
+        d = PathUtils.depth_params(**args)
+        r = [i for i in d]
+        self.assertListEqual(
+            r, expected, "Expected {}, but result of {}".format(expected, r)
+        )
+
+    def test010(self):
+        """stepping down with single stepdown roughly equal to total depth"""
+        args = {
+            "clearance_height": 20.0,
+            "safe_height": 15.0,
+            "start_depth": 10.000000001,
+            "step_down": 10.0,
+            "z_finish_step": 0.0,
+            "final_depth": 0.0,
+            "user_depths": None,
+        }
+
+        expected = [0]
+
+        d = PathUtils.depth_params(**args)
+        r = [i for i in d]
+        self.assertListEqual(
+            r, expected, "Expected {}, but result of {}".format(expected, r)
+        )
+
+        args = {
+            "clearance_height": 20.0,
+            "safe_height": 15.0,
+            "start_depth": 10.0,
+            "step_down": 9.9999999,
+            "z_finish_step": 0.0,
+            "final_depth": 0.0,
+            "user_depths": None,
+        }
+
+        d = PathUtils.depth_params(**args)
+        r = [i for i in d]
+        self.assertListEqual(
+            r, expected, "Expected {}, but result of {}".format(expected, r)
+        )