diff -r 62939e0148f1 -r 8908f985570c mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Wed Mar 08 18:11:41 2017 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py	Wed Jan 14 01:15:26 2015 +0100
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@
                              dryrun=dryrun, cwd=cwd)
         if rename and not dryrun:
             if not after and srcexists and not samefile:
-                util.unlinkpath(repo.wjoin(abssrc))
+                repo.wvfs.unlinkpath(abssrc)
             wctx.forget([abssrc])
 
     # pat: ossep
@@ -2474,7 +2474,7 @@
             for f in list:
                 if f in added:
                     continue # we never unlink added files on remove
-                util.unlinkpath(repo.wjoin(f), ignoremissing=True)
+                repo.wvfs.unlinkpath(f, ignoremissing=True)
         repo[None].forget(list)
 
     if warn:
@@ -3199,7 +3199,7 @@
 
     def doremove(f):
         try:
-            util.unlinkpath(repo.wjoin(f))
+            repo.wvfs.unlinkpath(f)
         except OSError:
             pass
         repo.dirstate.remove(f)