diff --git a/lib/evolve_discrete_demes/evolvets.cc b/lib/evolve_discrete_demes/evolvets.cc
index 82878d4a8..3005e2e0d 100644
--- a/lib/evolve_discrete_demes/evolvets.cc
+++ b/lib/evolve_discrete_demes/evolvets.cc
@@ -583,6 +583,20 @@ evolve_with_tree_sequences(
                         }
                     else
                         {
+                            if (options.preserve_selected_fixations == false)
+                                {
+                                    if (fixations_removed == false)
+                                        {
+                                            fwdpp::ts::
+                                                remove_fixations_from_haploid_genomes(
+                                                    pop.haploid_genomes, pop.mutations,
+                                                    pop.mcounts,
+                                                    pop.mcounts_from_preserved_nodes,
+                                                    2 * pop.diploids.size(),
+                                                    options.preserve_selected_fixations);
+                                            fixations_removed = true;
+                                        }
+                                }
                             genetics.mutation_recycling_bin = fwdpp::ts::make_mut_queue(
                                 simplification_output.preserved_mutations,
                                 pop.mutations.size());