diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParserTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParserTest.java
index 69a48cc4b..024f05480 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParserTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParserTest.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 package org.eclipse.jgit.gitrepo;
 
 import static org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants.CHARSET;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
@@ -145,6 +148,29 @@ public class ManifestParserTest {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testRemoveProject() throws Exception {
+		StringBuilder xmlContent = new StringBuilder();
+		xmlContent.append("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n")
+				.append("<manifest>")
+				.append("<remote name=\"remote1\" fetch=\".\" />")
+				.append("<default revision=\"master\" remote=\"remote1\" />")
+				.append("<project path=\"foo\" name=\"foo\" />")
+				.append("<project path=\"bar\" name=\"bar\" />")
+				.append("<remove-project name=\"foo\" />")
+				.append("<project path=\"foo\" name=\"baz\" />")
+				.append("</manifest>");
+
+		ManifestParser parser = new ManifestParser(null, null, "master",
+				"https://git.google.com/", null, null);
+		parser.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(
+				xmlContent.toString().getBytes(CHARSET)));
+
+		assertEquals(Stream.of("bar", "baz").collect(Collectors.toSet()),
+				parser.getProjects().stream().map(RepoProject::getName)
+						.collect(Collectors.toSet()));
+	}
+
 	void testNormalize(String in, String want) {
 		URI got = ManifestParser.normalizeEmptyPath(URI.create(in));
 		if (!got.toString().equals(want)) {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java
index 929ffac11..26e783ddd 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/gitrepo/ManifestParser.java
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ public class ManifestParser extends DefaultHandler {
 							RepoText.get().errorIncludeFile, path), e);
 				}
 			}
+		} else if ("remove-project".equals(qName)) { //$NON-NLS-1$
+			String name = attributes.getValue("name"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			projects.removeIf((p) -> p.getName().equals(name));
 		}
 	}