diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ class localrepository(object):
         if moddirstate:
             wlock = self.wlock()
 
-        for f in deleted:
+        for f in deleted + removed:
             if f in mw:
                 del mw[f]