diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
@@ -249,11 +249,11 @@
     return bad
 
 @eh.wrapfunction(cmdutil, 'remove')
-def cmdutilremove(orig, ui, repo, matcher, prefix, after, force, subrepos,
-                  dryrun):
+def cmdutilremove(orig, ui, repo, matcher, prefix, uipathfn, after, force,
+                  subrepos, dryrun):
     normalmatcher = composenormalfilematcher(matcher, repo[None].manifest())
-    result = orig(ui, repo, normalmatcher, prefix, after, force, subrepos,
-                  dryrun)
+    result = orig(ui, repo, normalmatcher, prefix, uipathfn, after, force,
+                  subrepos, dryrun)
     return removelargefiles(ui, repo, False, matcher, dryrun, after=after,
                             force=force) or result
 
diff --git a/mercurial/cmdutil.py b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
--- a/mercurial/cmdutil.py
+++ b/mercurial/cmdutil.py
@@ -2192,7 +2192,8 @@
 
     return ret
 
-def remove(ui, repo, m, prefix, after, force, subrepos, dryrun, warnings=None):
+def remove(ui, repo, m, prefix, uipathfn, after, force, subrepos, dryrun,
+           warnings=None):
     ret = 0
     s = repo.status(match=m, clean=True)
     modified, added, deleted, clean = s[0], s[1], s[3], s[6]
@@ -2211,12 +2212,13 @@
     for subpath in subs:
         submatch = matchmod.subdirmatcher(subpath, m)
         subprefix = repo.wvfs.reljoin(prefix, subpath)
+        subuipathfn = scmutil.subdiruipathfn(subpath, uipathfn)
         if subrepos or m.exact(subpath) or any(submatch.files()):
             progress.increment()
             sub = wctx.sub(subpath)
             try:
-                if sub.removefiles(submatch, subprefix, after, force, subrepos,
-                                   dryrun, warnings):
+                if sub.removefiles(submatch, subprefix, subuipathfn, after,
+                                   force, subrepos, dryrun, warnings):
                     ret = 1
             except error.LookupError:
                 warnings.append(_("skipping missing subrepository: %s\n")
@@ -2244,10 +2246,10 @@
         if repo.wvfs.exists(f):
             if repo.wvfs.isdir(f):
                 warnings.append(_('not removing %s: no tracked files\n')
-                        % m.rel(f))
+                        % uipathfn(f))
             else:
                 warnings.append(_('not removing %s: file is untracked\n')
-                        % m.rel(f))
+                        % uipathfn(f))
         # missing files will generate a warning elsewhere
         ret = 1
     progress.complete()
@@ -2263,7 +2265,7 @@
             progress.increment()
             if ui.verbose or (f in files):
                 warnings.append(_('not removing %s: file still exists\n')
-                                % m.rel(f))
+                                % uipathfn(f))
             ret = 1
         progress.complete()
     else:
@@ -2274,12 +2276,12 @@
         for f in modified:
             progress.increment()
             warnings.append(_('not removing %s: file is modified (use -f'
-                      ' to force removal)\n') % m.rel(f))
+                      ' to force removal)\n') % uipathfn(f))
             ret = 1
         for f in added:
             progress.increment()
             warnings.append(_("not removing %s: file has been marked for add"
-                      " (use 'hg forget' to undo add)\n") % m.rel(f))
+                      " (use 'hg forget' to undo add)\n") % uipathfn(f))
             ret = 1
         progress.complete()
 
@@ -2289,7 +2291,7 @@
     for f in list:
         if ui.verbose or not m.exact(f):
             progress.increment()
-            ui.status(_('removing %s\n') % m.rel(f),
+            ui.status(_('removing %s\n') % uipathfn(f),
                       label='ui.addremove.removed')
     progress.complete()
 
diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -4716,7 +4716,8 @@
 
     m = scmutil.match(repo[None], pats, opts)
     subrepos = opts.get('subrepos')
-    return cmdutil.remove(ui, repo, m, "", after, force, subrepos,
+    uipathfn = scmutil.getuipathfn(repo, forcerelativevalue=True)
+    return cmdutil.remove(ui, repo, m, "", uipathfn, after, force, subrepos,
                           dryrun=dryrun)
 
 @command('rename|move|mv',
diff --git a/mercurial/subrepo.py b/mercurial/subrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/subrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/subrepo.py
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
     def forget(self, match, prefix, dryrun, interactive):
         return ([], [])
 
-    def removefiles(self, matcher, prefix, after, force, subrepos,
+    def removefiles(self, matcher, prefix, uipathfn, after, force, subrepos,
                     dryrun, warnings):
         """remove the matched files from the subrepository and the filesystem,
         possibly by force and/or after the file has been removed from the
@@ -841,9 +841,9 @@
                               True, dryrun=dryrun, interactive=interactive)
 
     @annotatesubrepoerror
-    def removefiles(self, matcher, prefix, after, force, subrepos,
+    def removefiles(self, matcher, prefix, uipathfn, after, force, subrepos,
                     dryrun, warnings):
-        return cmdutil.remove(self.ui, self._repo, matcher, prefix,
+        return cmdutil.remove(self.ui, self._repo, matcher, prefix, uipathfn,
                               after, force, subrepos, dryrun)
 
     @annotatesubrepoerror