diff --git a/git/objects/submodule/base.py b/git/objects/submodule/base.py
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ def remove(self, module=True, force=False, configuration=True, dry_run=False):
                        num_branches_with_new_commits += len(mod.git.cherry(rref)) != 0
                    # END for each remote ref
                    # not a single remote branch contained all our commits
-                    if num_branches_with_new_commits == len(rrefs):
                        raise InvalidGitRepositoryError(
                            "Cannot delete module at %s as there are new commits" % mod.working_tree_dir)
                    # END handle new commits

diff --git a/git/test/lib/helper.py b/git/test/lib/helper.py
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ def wrapper(self):
            try:
                return func(self, path)
            except Exception:
-                log.info.write("Test %s.%s failed, output is at %r\n",
-                               type(self).__name__, func.__name__, path)
                keep = True
                raise
        finally:
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ def wrapper(self):
            gc.collect()
            if not keep:
                rmtree(path)


def with_rw_repo(working_tree_ref, bare=False):

diff --git a/git/test/test_submodule.py b/git/test/test_submodule.py
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ def _do_base_tests(self, rwrepo):
            # forcibly delete the child repository
            prev_count = len(sm.children())
            self.failUnlessRaises(ValueError, csm.remove, force=True)
-            # We removed sm, which removed all submodules. Howver, the instance we have
-            # still points to the commit prior to that, where it still existed
            csm.set_parent_commit(csm.repo.commit(), check=False)
            assert not csm.exists()
            assert not csm.module_exists()
@@ -801,6 +801,24 @@ def assert_exists(sm, value=True):
            assert os.path.isdir(sm_module_path) == dry_run
        # end for each dry-run mode

    @with_rw_directory
    def test_rename(self, rwdir):
        parent = git.Repo.init(os.path.join(rwdir, 'parent'))