diff --git a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
--- a/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/overrides.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def override_remove(orig, ui, repo, *pat
     orig(ui, repo, *pats, **opts)
     restorematchfn()
 
-    after, force = opts.get('after'), opts.get('force')
+    after = opts.get('after')
     if not pats and not after:
         raise util.Abort(_('no files specified'))
     m = scmutil.match(repo[None], pats, opts)
@@ -145,12 +145,10 @@ def override_remove(orig, ui, repo, *pat
 
     def warn(files, reason):
         for f in files:
-            ui.warn(_('not removing %s: %s (use -f to force removal)\n')
+            ui.warn(_('not removing %s: %s (use forget to undo)\n')
                     % (m.rel(f), reason))
 
-    if force:
-        remove, forget = modified + deleted + clean, added
-    elif after:
+    if after:
         remove, forget = deleted, []
         warn(modified + added + clean, _('file still exists'))
     else:
diff --git a/tests/test-largefiles.t b/tests/test-largefiles.t
--- a/tests/test-largefiles.t
+++ b/tests/test-largefiles.t
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ Remove both largefiles and normal files.
   $ hg commit -m "remove files"
   $ ls
   sub
+  $ echo "testlargefile" > large1-test
+  $ hg add --large large1-test
+  $ hg st
+  A large1-test
+  $ hg rm large1-test
+  not removing large1-test: file has been marked for add (use forget to undo)
+  $ hg st
+  A large1-test
+  $ hg forget large1-test
+  $ hg st
+  ? large1-test
+  $ rm large1-test
 
 Copy both largefiles and normal files (testing that status output is correct).