diff -r 94e36b230990 -r 18e69f224e4b mercurial/merge.py
--- a/mercurial/merge.py	Fri Jan 21 17:54:03 2022 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/merge.py	Thu Feb 03 18:14:25 2022 +0100
@@ -519,10 +519,7 @@
         elif action[0].no_op:
             mresult.removefile(f)  # merge does not affect file
         elif action[0].narrow_safe:
-            if (
-                not f.endswith(b'/')
-                and action[0].changes == mergestatemod.CHANGE_MODIFIED
-            ):
+            if not f.endswith(b'/'):
                 mresult.removefile(f)  # merge won't affect on-disk files
 
                 mresult.addcommitinfo(