diff --git a/mercurial/repair.py b/mercurial/repair.py
--- a/mercurial/repair.py
+++ b/mercurial/repair.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from . import (
     exchange,
     obsolete,
     obsutil,
+    phases,
     pycompat,
     util,
 )
@@ -276,7 +277,8 @@ def safestriproots(ui, repo, nodes):
     # orphaned = affected - wanted
     # affected = descendants(roots(wanted))
     # wanted = revs
-    tostrip = set(repo.revs('%ld-(::((roots(%ld)::)-%ld))', revs, revs, revs))
+    revset = '%ld - ( ::( (roots(%ld):: and not _phase(%s)) -%ld) )'
+    tostrip = set(repo.revs(revset, revs, revs, phases.internal, revs))
     notstrip = revs - tostrip
     if notstrip:
         nodestr = ', '.join(sorted(short(repo[n].node()) for n in notstrip))
diff --git a/tests/test-shelve.t b/tests/test-shelve.t
--- a/tests/test-shelve.t
+++ b/tests/test-shelve.t
@@ -669,19 +669,10 @@ shelve should leave dirstate clean (issu
   shelved as default
   1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
 
-#if phasebased
   $ hg rebase -d 6c103be8f4e4 --config extensions.rebase=
-  rebasing 2:323bfa07f744 "xyz"
+  rebasing 2:323bfa07f744 "xyz"( \(tip\))? (re)
   merging x
-  warning: orphaned descendants detected, not stripping 323bfa07f744 (?)
-#endif
-
-#if stripbased
-  $ hg rebase -d 6c103be8f4e4 --config extensions.rebase=
-  rebasing 2:323bfa07f744 "xyz" (tip)
-  merging x
-  saved backup bundle to $TESTTMP/shelverebase/.hg/strip-backup/323bfa07f744-78114325-rebase.hg
-#endif
+  saved backup bundle to \$TESTTMP/shelverebase/.hg/strip-backup/323bfa07f744-(78114325|7ae538ef)-rebase.hg (re)
   $ hg unshelve
   unshelving change 'default'
   rebasing shelved changes