--- a/mercurial/sparse.py	Mon Jul 19 01:58:45 2021 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/sparse.py	Mon Jul 19 09:08:54 2021 +0200
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 
     # Fix dirstate
     for file in dropped:
-        dirstate.drop(file)
+        dirstate.update_file(file, p1_tracked=False, wc_tracked=False)
 
     repo.vfs.unlink(b'tempsparse')
     repo._sparsesignaturecache.clear()