diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index fc44fc767..d07c41dcf 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -9899,6 +9899,7 @@ on the system \"/user@host:\"."
 			 (setq level (org-reduced-level
 				      (- (match-end 1) (match-beginning 1)))
 			       txt (org-link-display-format (match-string 4))
+			       txt (replace-regexp-in-string " *\[[0-9]+/[0-9]+\]$" "" txt)
 			       re (format org-complex-heading-regexp-format
 					  (regexp-quote (match-string 4))))
 			 (when org-refile-use-outline-path