diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index 9ae40a91b2..6d29a938aa 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,6 @@ N_("you have staged changes in your working tree\n"
 #define CLEANUP_MSG (1<<3)
 #define VERIFY_MSG  (1<<4)
 #define CREATE_ROOT_COMMIT (1<<5)
-#define VERBATIM_MSG (1<<6)
 
 static int run_command_silent_on_success(struct child_process *cmd)
 {
@@ -1125,9 +1124,6 @@ static int run_git_commit(const char *defmsg,
 {
 	struct child_process cmd = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
 
-	if ((flags & CLEANUP_MSG) && (flags & VERBATIM_MSG))
-		BUG("CLEANUP_MSG and VERBATIM_MSG are mutually exclusive");
-
 	cmd.git_cmd = 1;
 
 	if (is_rebase_i(opts) &&
@@ -1166,8 +1162,6 @@ static int run_git_commit(const char *defmsg,
 		strvec_pushl(&cmd.args, "-C", "HEAD", NULL);
 	if ((flags & CLEANUP_MSG))
 		strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--cleanup=strip");
-	if ((flags & VERBATIM_MSG))
-		strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--cleanup=verbatim");
 	if ((flags & EDIT_MSG))
 		strvec_push(&cmd.args, "-e");
 	else if (!(flags & CLEANUP_MSG) &&
@@ -1540,9 +1534,6 @@ static int try_to_commit(struct repository *r,
 	enum commit_msg_cleanup_mode cleanup;
 	int res = 0;
 
-	if ((flags & CLEANUP_MSG) && (flags & VERBATIM_MSG))
-		BUG("CLEANUP_MSG and VERBATIM_MSG are mutually exclusive");
-
 	if (parse_head(r, &current_head))
 		return -1;
 
@@ -1618,8 +1609,6 @@ static int try_to_commit(struct repository *r,
 
 	if (flags & CLEANUP_MSG)
 		cleanup = COMMIT_MSG_CLEANUP_ALL;
-	else if (flags & VERBATIM_MSG)
-		cleanup = COMMIT_MSG_CLEANUP_NONE;
 	else if ((opts->signoff || opts->record_origin) &&
 		 !opts->explicit_cleanup)
 		cleanup = COMMIT_MSG_CLEANUP_SPACE;
@@ -2436,7 +2425,6 @@ static int do_pick_commit(struct repository *r,
 		if (!final_fixup)
 			msg_file = rebase_path_squash_msg();
 		else if (file_exists(rebase_path_fixup_msg())) {
-			flags |= VERBATIM_MSG;
 			msg_file = rebase_path_fixup_msg();
 		} else {
 			const char *dest = git_path_squash_msg(r);
diff --git a/t/t3415-rebase-autosquash.sh b/t/t3415-rebase-autosquash.sh
index 5d093e3a7a..5033411a43 100755
--- a/t/t3415-rebase-autosquash.sh
+++ b/t/t3415-rebase-autosquash.sh
@@ -486,12 +486,28 @@ test_expect_success 'fixup a fixup' '
 	test XZWY = $(git show | tr -cd W-Z)
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'fixup does not clean up commit message' '
-	oneline="#818" &&
-	git commit --allow-empty -m "$oneline" &&
-	git commit --fixup HEAD --allow-empty &&
-	git -c commit.cleanup=strip rebase -ki --autosquash HEAD~2 &&
-	test "$oneline" = "$(git show -s --format=%s)"
+test_expect_success 'pick and fixup respect commit.cleanup' '
+	git reset --hard base &&
+	test_commit --no-tag "fixup! second commit" file1 fixup &&
+	test_commit something &&
+	write_script .git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg <<-\EOF &&
+	printf "\n# Prepared\n" >> "$1"
+	EOF
+	git rebase -i --autosquash HEAD~3 &&
+	test_commit_message HEAD~1 <<-\EOF &&
+	second commit
+
+	# Prepared
+	EOF
+	test_commit_message HEAD <<-\EOF &&
+	something
+
+	# Prepared
+	EOF
+	git reset --hard something &&
+	git -c commit.cleanup=strip rebase -i --autosquash HEAD~3 &&
+	test_commit_message HEAD~1 -m "second commit" &&
+	test_commit_message HEAD -m "something"
 '
 
 test_done