diff --git a/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs b/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs
index 501f97582..b0005e75e 100644
--- a/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs
+++ b/src/uu/csplit/src/csplit.rs
@@ -202,7 +202,12 @@ impl Drop for SplitWriter<'_> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         if self.options.elide_empty_files && self.size == 0 {
             let file_name = self.options.split_name.get(self.counter);
-            remove_file(file_name).expect("Failed to elide split");
+            // In the case of `echo a | csplit -z - %a%1`, the file
+            // `xx00` does not exist because the positive offset
+            // advanced past the end of the input. Since there is no
+            // file to remove in that case, `remove_file` would return
+            // an error, so we just ignore it.
+            let _ = remove_file(file_name);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_csplit.rs b/tests/by-util/test_csplit.rs
index e062b6d55..7c0036ded 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_csplit.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_csplit.rs
@@ -335,6 +335,16 @@ fn test_skip_to_match_offset() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_skip_to_match_offset_suppress_empty() {
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    ucmd.args(&["-z", "-", "%a%1"])
+        .pipe_in("a\n")
+        .succeeds()
+        .no_output();
+    assert!(!at.file_exists("xx00"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_skip_to_match_negative_offset() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();