diff --git a/revision.c b/revision.c
index edb7e1c4d1..914ac78328 100644
--- a/revision.c
+++ b/revision.c
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ static void try_to_simplify_commit(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit)
 			    sha1_to_hex(p->object.sha1));
 		switch (rev_compare_tree(revs, p, commit)) {
 		case REV_TREE_SAME:
-			if (!revs->simplify_history || (p->object.flags & UNINTERESTING)) {
+			if (!revs->simplify_history || !relevant_commit(p)) {
 				/* Even if a merge with an uninteresting
 				 * side branch brought the entire change
 				 * we are interested in, we do not want
diff --git a/t/t6111-rev-list-treesame.sh b/t/t6111-rev-list-treesame.sh
index 25cc8ad0e8..88b84dfa73 100755
--- a/t/t6111-rev-list-treesame.sh
+++ b/t/t6111-rev-list-treesame.sh
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ check_result '(LH)M (E)H (J)L (I)J (E)I' E..M --ancestry-path --simplify-merges
 # to G.
 check_result 'M L K J I H' G..M
 check_result 'M H L K J I' G..M --topo-order
-check_outcome failure 'M L H' G..M -- file # includes J I
-check_outcome failure '(LH)M (G)L (G)H' G..M --parents -- file # includes J I
+check_result 'M L H' G..M -- file
+check_result '(LH)M (G)L (G)H' G..M --parents -- file
 check_result 'M L J I H' G..M --full-history -- file
 check_result 'M L K J I H' G..M --full-history --parents -- file
 check_result 'M H L J I' G..M --simplify-merges -- file
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ check_result 'M H L J I' G..M --ancestry-path --simplify-merges -- file
 # But --full-history shouldn't drop D on its own - without simplification,
 # we can't decide if the merge from INTERESTING commit C was sensible.
 check_result 'F D C' B..F
-check_outcome failure 'F' B..F -- file # includes D
-check_outcome failure '(B)F' B..F --parents -- file # includes D
+check_result 'F' B..F -- file
+check_result '(B)F' B..F --parents -- file
 check_result 'F D' B..F --full-history -- file
 check_result '(D)F (BA)D' B..F --full-history --parents -- file
 check_result '(B)F' B..F --simplify-merges -- file
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ check_result 'F D' B..F --first-parent
 check_result 'F' B..F --first-parent -- file
 
 # E...F should be equivalent to E F ^B, and be able to drop D as above.
-check_outcome failure 'F' E F ^B -- file # includes D
-check_outcome failure 'F' E...F -- file # includes D
+check_result 'F' E F ^B -- file # includes D
+check_result 'F' E...F -- file # includes D
 
 # Any sort of full history of C..F should show D, as it's the connection to C,
 # and it differs from it.