diff --git a/hgext/rebase.py b/hgext/rebase.py
--- a/hgext/rebase.py
+++ b/hgext/rebase.py
@@ -352,8 +352,6 @@
         """Compute structures necessary for skipping obsolete revisions"""
         if self.keepf:
             return
-        if not self.ui.configbool(b'experimental', b'rebaseskipobsolete'):
-            return
         obsoleteset = {r for r in self.state if self.repo[r].obsolete()}
         (
             self.obsolete_with_successor_in_destination,
diff --git a/mercurial/configitems.py b/mercurial/configitems.py
--- a/mercurial/configitems.py
+++ b/mercurial/configitems.py
@@ -2658,11 +2658,6 @@
     default=False,
 )
 coreconfigitem(
-    b'experimental',
-    b'rebaseskipobsolete',
-    default=True,
-)
-coreconfigitem(
     b'rebase',
     b'singletransaction',
     default=False,
diff --git a/relnotes/next b/relnotes/next
--- a/relnotes/next
+++ b/relnotes/next
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
    change the output of `hg log` when explicitly asking for first or
    second parent.
 
+ * The `experimental.rebaseskipobsolete` config was removed. Obsolete
+   commits continue to be skipped as they have been for many
+   years.
+
 
 == Internal API Changes ==
 
diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-obsolete2.t b/tests/test-rebase-obsolete2.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-obsolete2.t
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-obsolete2.t
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
   $ hg init obsskip
   $ cd obsskip
   $ cat << EOF >> .hg/hgrc
-  > [experimental]
-  > rebaseskipobsolete = True
   > [extensions]
   > strip =
   > EOF
diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-obsolete3.t b/tests/test-rebase-obsolete3.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-obsolete3.t
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-obsolete3.t
@@ -156,17 +156,6 @@
   |/
   o  0:b173517d0057 a
   
-  $ hg strip -r 8:
-
-(Not skipping obsoletes means that divergence is allowed.)
-
-  $ hg rebase --config experimental.rebaseskipobsolete=false -r 'c'::'f' -d 'x'
-  rebasing 3:a82ac2b38757 c "c"
-  rebasing 4:76be324c128b d "d"
-  rebasing 7:1143e9adc121 f tip "f"
-  1 new orphan changesets
-  2 new content-divergent changesets
-
   $ hg strip -r 0:
 
 Similar test on a more complex graph