--- a/tests/fakedirstatewritetime.py	Mon Oct 25 11:36:22 2021 +0200
+++ b/tests/fakedirstatewritetime.py	Fri Nov 19 03:04:42 2021 +0100
@@ -37,14 +37,8 @@
 has_rust_dirstate = policy.importrust('dirstate') is not None
 
 
-def pack_dirstate(fakenow, orig, dmap, copymap, pl, now):
-    # execute what original parsers.pack_dirstate should do actually
-    # for consistency
-    for f, e in dmap.items():
-        if e.need_delay(now):
-            e.set_possibly_dirty()
-
-    return orig(dmap, copymap, pl, fakenow)
+def pack_dirstate(orig, dmap, copymap, pl):
+    return orig(dmap, copymap, pl)
 
 
 def fakewrite(ui, func):
@@ -67,19 +61,19 @@
         # The Rust implementation does not use public parse/pack dirstate
         # to prevent conversion round-trips
         orig_dirstatemap_write = dirstatemapmod.dirstatemap.write
-        wrapper = lambda self, tr, st, now: orig_dirstatemap_write(
-            self, tr, st, fakenow
-        )
+        wrapper = lambda self, tr, st: orig_dirstatemap_write(self, tr, st)
         dirstatemapmod.dirstatemap.write = wrapper
 
     orig_get_fs_now = timestamp.get_fs_now
-    wrapper = lambda *args: pack_dirstate(fakenow, orig_pack_dirstate, *args)
+    wrapper = lambda *args: pack_dirstate(orig_pack_dirstate, *args)
 
     orig_module = parsers
     orig_pack_dirstate = parsers.pack_dirstate
 
     orig_module.pack_dirstate = wrapper
-    timestamp.get_fs_now = lambda *args: fakenow
+    timestamp.get_fs_now = (
+        lambda *args: fakenow
+    )  # XXX useless for this purpose now
     try:
         return func()
     finally: