diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60d0eede..b28a0c99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org).
 - Fix handling of named ranges referencing sheets with spaces or "!" in their title
 - Cover `getSheetByName()` with tests for name with quote and spaces - [#739](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/739)
 - Best effort to support invalid colspan values in HTML reader - [878](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/878)
+- Fixes incorrect rows deletion [#868](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/868)
 
 ## [1.8.2] - 2019-07-08
 
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Worksheet/Worksheet.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Worksheet/Worksheet.php
index 689c547e..a485f405 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Worksheet/Worksheet.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Worksheet/Worksheet.php
@@ -2115,6 +2115,10 @@ class Worksheet implements IComparable
     public function removeRow($pRow, $pNumRows = 1)
     {
         if ($pRow >= 1) {
+            for ($r = 0; $r < $pNumRows; ++$r) {
+                $this->getCellCollection()->removeRow($pRow + $r);
+            }
+
             $highestRow = $this->getHighestDataRow();
             $objReferenceHelper = ReferenceHelper::getInstance();
             $objReferenceHelper->insertNewBefore('A' . ($pRow + $pNumRows), 0, -$pNumRows, $this);
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Worksheet/WorksheetTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Worksheet/WorksheetTest.php
index 5e8bbcb2..eb2aa200 100644
--- a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Worksheet/WorksheetTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Worksheet/WorksheetTest.php
@@ -161,4 +161,24 @@ class WorksheetTest extends TestCase
         self::assertSame($expectTitle, $arRange[0]);
         self::assertSame($expectCell2, $arRange[1]);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Fix https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/868 when cells are not removed correctly
+     * on row deletion.
+     */
+    public function testRemoveCellsCorrectlyWhenRemovingRow()
+    {
+        $workbook = new Spreadsheet();
+        $worksheet = $workbook->getActiveSheet();
+        $worksheet->getCell('A2')->setValue('A2');
+        $worksheet->getCell('C1')->setValue('C1');
+        $worksheet->removeRow(1);
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            'A2',
+            $worksheet->getCell('A1')->getValue()
+        );
+        $this->assertNull(
+            $worksheet->getCell('C1')->getValue()
+        );
+    }
 }