diff --git a/mercurial/context.py b/mercurial/context.py
--- a/mercurial/context.py
+++ b/mercurial/context.py
@@ -1241,7 +1241,9 @@
         p = self._repo.dirstate.parents()
         if p[1] == nullid:
             p = p[:-1]
-        return [self._repo[x] for x in p]
+        # use unfiltered repo to delay/avoid loading obsmarkers
+        unfi = self._repo.unfiltered()
+        return [changectx(self._repo, unfi.changelog.rev(n), n) for n in p]
 
     def _fileinfo(self, path):
         # populate __dict__['_manifest'] as workingctx has no _manifestdelta
diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -1228,8 +1228,7 @@
                 node = self.changelog.tip()
                 rev = self.changelog.rev(node)
                 return context.changectx(self, rev, node)
-            elif (changeid == '.'
-                  or self.local() and changeid == self.dirstate.p1()):
+            elif changeid == '.':
                 # this is a hack to delay/avoid loading obsmarkers
                 # when we know that '.' won't be hidden
                 node = self.dirstate.p1()
diff --git a/tests/test-histedit-obsolete.t b/tests/test-histedit-obsolete.t
--- a/tests/test-histedit-obsolete.t
+++ b/tests/test-histedit-obsolete.t
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
   $ hg commit --amend -X . -m XXXXXX
   $ hg commit --amend -X . -m b2
   $ hg --hidden --config extensions.strip= strip 'desc(XXXXXX)' --no-backup
-  warning: ignoring unknown working parent aba7da937030!
   $ hg histedit --continue
   $ hg log -G
   @  8:273c1f3b8626 c
diff --git a/tests/test-single-head.t b/tests/test-single-head.t
--- a/tests/test-single-head.t
+++ b/tests/test-single-head.t
@@ -200,5 +200,4 @@
 
   $ hg strip --config extensions.strip= --rev 'desc("c_dH0")'
   saved backup bundle to $TESTTMP/client/.hg/strip-backup/fe47ea669cea-a41bf5a9-backup.hg
-  warning: ignoring unknown working parent 49003e504178!