diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index c5f39cef00..a20589a7ae 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -286,9 +286,6 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
 		die(_("--dry-run only takes effect with --drop-filtered"));
 
 	if (drop_filtered) {
-		if (!dry_run)
-			die(_("--drop-filtered doesn't work without --dry-run yet"));
-
 		if (!po_args.filter_options.choice)
 			die(_("--drop-filtered requires --filter"));
 
@@ -321,6 +318,14 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
 
 		write_bitmaps = 0;
 
+		/*
+		 * Dropping objects means rebuilding the promisor packs
+		 * without them and then removing the old packs, so the
+		 * redundant packs must be deleted. Imply -d on a real run.
+		 */
+		if (!dry_run)
+			delete_redundant = 1;
+
 		ret = enumerate_promisor_blobs(repo, &po_args.filter_options, &drop_oids);
 
 		if (ret)
@@ -446,7 +451,8 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
 		strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--delta-islands");
 
 	if (pack_everything & ALL_INTO_ONE) {
-		repack_promisor_objects(repo, &po_args, &names, packtmp, NULL);
+		repack_promisor_objects(repo, &po_args, &names, packtmp,
+			(drop_filtered && !dry_run) ? &drop_oids : NULL);
 
 		if (existing_packs_has_non_kept(&existing) &&
 		    delete_redundant &&
diff --git a/repack-filtered.c b/repack-filtered.c
index 79ba6d90aa..e6c35c23de 100644
--- a/repack-filtered.c
+++ b/repack-filtered.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ int enumerate_promisor_blobs(struct repository *repo,
 
 	/*
 	 * Apply the filter to find which blobs exceed the threshold.
+	 * The caller has to_drop and is responsible for clearing it.
 	 */
 	ret = list_objects_filter__filter_oidset(repo,
 		(struct list_objects_filter_options *)filter,
diff --git a/t/t7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh b/t/t7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh
index 453053cc18..88c2bb0857 100755
--- a/t/t7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh
+++ b/t/t7706-repack-drop-filtered.sh
@@ -134,4 +134,16 @@ test_expect_success '--dry-run does not remove the filtered objects' '
 	git -C repo cat-file -e "$BIG"
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--drop-filtered removes the promisor blob locally' '
+	BIG=$(cat big_oid) &&
+	SMALL=$(cat small_oid) &&
+
+	git -C repo -c repack.writeBitmaps=false \
+		repack --drop-filtered --filter=blob:limit=1k -a &&
+
+	git -C repo cat-file --batch-all-objects --batch-check="%(objectname)" >present &&
+	! grep -q "$BIG" present &&
+	grep -q "$SMALL" present
+'
+
 test_done