--- a/hgext/absorb.py	Sat Mar 02 05:23:15 2019 +0530
+++ b/hgext/absorb.py	Thu Feb 28 07:45:51 2019 -0800
@@ -688,9 +688,6 @@
                 self._movebookmarks(tr)
                 if self.repo['.'].node() in self.replacemap:
                     self._moveworkingdirectoryparent()
-                if self._useobsolete:
-                    self._cleanupoldcommits()
-            if not self._useobsolete: # strip must be outside transactions
                 self._cleanupoldcommits()
         return self.finalnode