diff --git a/mercurial/localrepo.py b/mercurial/localrepo.py
--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ class localrepository(object):
         """
         return hook.hook(self.ui, self, name, throw, **args)
 
+    @unfilteredmethod
     def _tag(self, names, node, message, local, user, date, extra={},
              editor=False):
         if isinstance(names, str):
diff --git a/tests/test-obsolete.t b/tests/test-obsolete.t
--- a/tests/test-obsolete.t
+++ b/tests/test-obsolete.t
@@ -795,44 +795,3 @@ Test issue 4506
 
 #endif
 
-  $ hg init a
-  $ cd a
-  $ touch foo
-  $ hg add foo
-  $ hg ci -mfoo
-  $ touch bar
-  $ hg add bar
-  $ hg ci -mbar
-  $ hg up 0
-  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
-  $ touch quux
-  $ hg add quux
-  $ hg ci -m quux
-  created new head
-  $ hg up 1
-  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
-  $ hg tag 1.0
-
-  $ hg up 2
-  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved
-  $ hg log -G
-  o  3:bc47fc7e1c1d (draft) [tip ] Added tag 1.0 for changeset 50c889141114
-  |
-  | @  2:3d7f255a0081 (draft) [ ] quux
-  | |
-  o |  1:50c889141114 (draft) [1.0 ] bar
-  |/
-  o  0:1f7b0de80e11 (draft) [ ] foo
-  
-  $ hg debugobsolete `getid bar`
-  $ hg debugobsolete `getid 1.0`
-  $ hg tag 1.0
-  $ hg log -G
-  @  4:f9f2ab71ffd5 (draft) [tip ] Added tag 1.0 for changeset 3d7f255a0081
-  |
-  o  2:3d7f255a0081 (draft) [1.0 ] quux
-  |
-  o  0:1f7b0de80e11 (draft) [ ] foo
-  
-  $ cat .hgtags
-  3d7f255a008103380aeb2a7d581fe257f40969e7 1.0