diff --git a/Command/AddComputed.hs b/Command/AddComputed.hs
index dd6c310b06..02d8826683 100644
--- a/Command/AddComputed.hs
+++ b/Command/AddComputed.hs
@@ -102,12 +102,11 @@ perform o r = do
 		(Remote.Compute.ImmutableState False)
 		(getInputContent fast)
 		Nothing
-		(addComputed (Just "adding") True r (reproducible o) chooseBackend Just fast)
+		(addComputed (Just "adding") r (reproducible o) chooseBackend Just fast)
 	next $ return True
 
 addComputed
 	:: Maybe StringContainingQuotedPath
-	-> Bool
 	-> Remote
 	-> Maybe Reproducible
 	-> (OsPath -> Annex Backend)
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ addComputed
 	-> OsPath
 	-> NominalDiffTime
 	-> Annex ()
-addComputed maddaction stagefiles r reproducibleconfig choosebackend destfile fast result tmpdir ts = do
+addComputed maddaction r reproducibleconfig choosebackend destfile fast result tmpdir ts = do
 	when (M.null outputs) $
 		giveup "The computation succeeded, but it did not generate any files."
 	oks <- forM (M.keys outputs) $ \outputfile -> do
@@ -148,9 +147,7 @@ addComputed maddaction stagefiles r reproducibleconfig choosebackend destfile fa
 		| fast = do
 			case destfile outputfile of
 				Nothing -> noop
-				Just f
-					| stagefiles -> addSymlink f stateurlk Nothing
-					| otherwise -> makelink f stateurlk
+				Just f -> addSymlink f stateurlk Nothing
 			return stateurlk
 		| isreproducible = do
 			sz <- liftIO $ getFileSize outputfile'
@@ -175,16 +172,10 @@ addComputed maddaction stagefiles r reproducibleconfig choosebackend destfile fa
 		genkey f p = do
 			backend <- choosebackend outputfile
 			fst <$> genKey (ks f) p backend
-		makelink f k = void $ makeLink f k Nothing
-		ingesthelper f p mk
-			| stagefiles = ingestwith $ do
+		ingesthelper f p mk =
+			ingestwith $ do
 				k <- maybe (genkey f p) return mk
 				ingestAdd' p (Just (ld f)) (Just k)
-			| otherwise = ingestwith $ do
-				k <- maybe (genkey f p) return mk
-				mk' <- fst <$> ingest p (Just (ld f)) (Just k)
-				maybe noop (makelink f) mk'
-				return mk'
 		ingestwith a = a >>= \case
 			Nothing -> giveup "ingestion failed"
 			Just k -> do
diff --git a/Command/Recompute.hs b/Command/Recompute.hs
index 17246d10e4..82ed7ab37e 100644
--- a/Command/Recompute.hs
+++ b/Command/Recompute.hs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ perform o r file origkey origstate = do
 	go program reproducibleconfig result tmpdir ts = do
 		checkbehaviorchange program
 			(Remote.Compute.computeState result)
-		addComputed Nothing False r reproducibleconfig
+		addComputed Nothing r reproducibleconfig
 			choosebackend destfile False result tmpdir ts
 
 	checkbehaviorchange program state = do
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-recompute.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-recompute.mdwn
index 498c85e26c..f10125827c 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-recompute.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-recompute.mdwn
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ By default, this only recomputes files whose input files have changed.
 The new contents of the input files are used to re-run the computation.
 
 When the output of the computation is different, the computed file is
-updated with the new content. The updated file is written to the worktree,
-but is not staged, in order to avoid overwriting any staged changes.
+updated with the new content. The updated file is staged in git.
 
 # OPTIONS
 
diff --git a/doc/todo/compute_special_remote_remaining_todos.mdwn b/doc/todo/compute_special_remote_remaining_todos.mdwn
index 820b423199..c6e5a64de6 100644
--- a/doc/todo/compute_special_remote_remaining_todos.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/compute_special_remote_remaining_todos.mdwn
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 This is the remainder of my todo list while I was building the
 compute special remote. --[[Joey]]
 
-* recompute should stage files in git. Otherwise,
-  `git-annex drop` after recompute --reproducible drops the staged
-  file, and `git-annex get` gets the staged file, and if it wasn't
-  actually reproducible, this is not apparent.
-
-  This is blocking adding the tip.
-
 * Support parallel get of input files. The design allows for this,
   but how much parallelism makes sense? Would it be possible to use the
   usual worker pool?