diff --git a/hgext/mq.py b/hgext/mq.py
--- a/hgext/mq.py
+++ b/hgext/mq.py
@@ -1170,12 +1170,10 @@ class queue(object):
                     raise util.Abort(_("deletions found between repo revs"))
                 for f in a:
                     try:
-                        os.unlink(repo.wjoin(f))
+                        util.unlink(repo.wjoin(f))
                     except OSError, e:
                         if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                             raise
-                    try: os.removedirs(os.path.dirname(repo.wjoin(f)))
-                    except: pass
                     repo.dirstate.forget(f)
                 for f in m + r:
                     fctx = ctx[f]