diff --git a/hgext/rebase.py b/hgext/rebase.py
--- a/hgext/rebase.py
+++ b/hgext/rebase.py
@@ -361,11 +361,9 @@
         (
             self.obsoletenotrebased,
             self.obsoletewithoutsuccessorindestination,
-            obsoleteextinctsuccessors,
         ) = _computeobsoletenotrebased(self.repo, obsoleteset, destmap)
         skippedset = set(self.obsoletenotrebased)
         skippedset.update(self.obsoletewithoutsuccessorindestination)
-        skippedset.update(obsoleteextinctsuccessors)
         _checkobsrebase(self.repo, self.ui, obsoleteset, skippedset)
 
     def _prepareabortorcontinue(
@@ -2192,13 +2190,9 @@
 
     `obsoletewithoutsuccessorindestination` is a set with obsolete revisions
     without a successor in destination.
-
-    `obsoleteextinctsuccessors` is a set of obsolete revisions with only
-    obsolete successors.
     """
     obsoletenotrebased = {}
     obsoletewithoutsuccessorindestination = set()
-    obsoleteextinctsuccessors = set()
 
     assert repo.filtername is None
     cl = repo.changelog
@@ -2212,11 +2206,8 @@
         successors.remove(srcnode)
         succrevs = {get_rev(s) for s in successors}
         succrevs.discard(None)
-        if succrevs.issubset(extinctrevs):
-            # all successors are extinct
-            obsoleteextinctsuccessors.add(srcrev)
-        if not successors:
-            # no successor
+        if not successors or succrevs.issubset(extinctrevs):
+            # no successor, or all successors are extinct
             obsoletenotrebased[srcrev] = None
         else:
             dstrev = destmap[srcrev]
@@ -2231,11 +2222,7 @@
                 if srcrev in extinctrevs or any(s in destmap for s in succrevs):
                     obsoletewithoutsuccessorindestination.add(srcrev)
 
-    return (
-        obsoletenotrebased,
-        obsoletewithoutsuccessorindestination,
-        obsoleteextinctsuccessors,
-    )
+    return obsoletenotrebased, obsoletewithoutsuccessorindestination
 
 
 def abortrebase(ui, repo):
diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-obsolete.t b/tests/test-rebase-obsolete.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-obsolete.t
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-obsolete.t
@@ -1294,18 +1294,16 @@
   o  0:b173517d0057 a
   
   $ hg rebase -d 0 -r 2
-  rebasing 2:a82ac2b38757 c "c"
+  note: not rebasing 2:a82ac2b38757 c "c", it has no successor
   $ hg log -G -r 'a': --hidden
-  o  5:69ad416a4a26 c
+  *  4:76be324c128b d
   |
-  | *  4:76be324c128b d
+  | x  3:ef8a456de8fa c1 (pruned)
   | |
-  | | x  3:ef8a456de8fa c1 (pruned)
-  | | |
-  | x |  2:a82ac2b38757 c (rewritten using replace as 3:ef8a456de8fa rewritten using rebase as 5:69ad416a4a26)
-  | |/
-  | o  1:488e1b7e7341 b
+  x |  2:a82ac2b38757 c (rewritten using replace as 3:ef8a456de8fa)
   |/
+  o  1:488e1b7e7341 b
+  |
   o  0:b173517d0057 a
   
   $ cd ..