diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index a827b6f..e23193f 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -541,6 +541,10 @@ upgraded."
 ;; installed.)
 (require 'dash)
 
+;; Fix for https://github.com/volrath/treepy.el/issues/9, necessary
+;; for treepy-remove to work right.
+(my:load-recipes 'treepy-remove-fix)
+
 ;; Don't take up mode line space if encoding is unspecified or Unicode-ish.
 (unless
     (my:treepy-edit-mode-line-var
diff --git a/recipes/treepy-remove-fix.el b/recipes/treepy-remove-fix.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd64687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/treepy-remove-fix.el
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+;; -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; Fix for https://github.com/volrath/treepy.el/issues/9.
+
+(require 'el-patch)
+
+(el-patch-feature treepy)
+
+(with-eval-after-load 'treepy
+  (el-patch-defun treepy-remove (loc)
+    "Remove the node at LOC.
+Return the loc that would have preceded it in a depth-first
+walk."
+    (treepy--with-loc loc (context pnodes ppath l r)
+      (if (not context)
+          (error "Remove at top")
+        (if (> (length l) 0)
+            (let ((nloc (treepy--with-meta (cons (car l)
+                                                 (treepy--context-assoc context
+                                                                        ':l (cdr l)
+                                                                        ':changed? t))
+                                           (treepy--meta loc)))
+                  (el-patch-remove (child nil)))
+              (el-patch-remove
+                (while (setq child (and (treepy-branch-p nloc) (treepy-children nloc)))
+                  (setq nloc (treepy-rightmost child))))
+              nloc)
+          (treepy--with-meta
+           (cons (treepy-make-node loc (car pnodes) r)
+                 (and ppath (treepy--context-assoc context ':changed? t)))
+           (treepy--meta loc))))))
+
+  (el-patch-validate 'treepy-remove 'defun t))