diff --git a/atest/robot/rebot/merge.robot b/atest/robot/rebot/merge.robot
index b2539d6214a..875877860b2 100644
--- a/atest/robot/rebot/merge.robot
+++ b/atest/robot/rebot/merge.robot
@@ -78,17 +78,20 @@ Using other options
     Test merge should have been successful    suite name=Custom
     Log should have been created with Fail keywords flattened
 
-Merge ignores skip
+Merge skip result
     Create Output With Robot    ${ORIGINAL}    ${EMPTY}    rebot/merge_statuses.robot
     Create Output With Robot    ${MERGE1}    --skip NOTskip    rebot/merge_statuses.robot
     Run Merge
-    ${prefix} =    Catenate
-    ...    *HTML* Test has been re-executed and results merged.
-    ...    Latter result had <span class="skip">SKIP</span> status and was ignored. Message:
+    ${pass msg} =    Create expected merge message    ${EMPTY}
+    ...    SKIP    Test skipped using 'NOT skip' tag pattern.    PASS    ${EMPTY}
+    ${fail msg} =    Create expected merge message    ${EMPTY}
+    ...    SKIP    Test skipped using 'NOT skip' tag pattern.    FAIL    Not &lt;b&gt;HTML&lt;/b&gt; fail
+    ${skip msg} =    Create expected merge message    ${EMPTY}
+    ...    SKIP    <b>HTML</b> skip    SKIP    <b>HTML</b> skip
     Should Contain Tests    ${SUITE}
-    ...    Pass=PASS:${prefix}\nTest skipped using 'NOT skip' tag pattern.
-    ...    Fail=FAIL:${prefix}\nTest skipped using 'NOT skip' tag pattern.<hr>Original message:\nNot &lt;b&gt;HTML&lt;/b&gt; fail
-    ...    Skip=SKIP:${prefix}\n<b>HTML</b> skip<hr>Original message:\n<b>HTML</b> skip
+    ...    Pass=SKIP:${pass msg}
+    ...    Fail=SKIP:${fail msg}
+    ...    Skip=SKIP:${skip msg}
 
 *** Keywords ***
 Run original tests
@@ -277,8 +280,10 @@ Create expected merge message header
 
 Create expected merge old message body
     [Arguments]    ${old status}    ${old message}
-    ${old status} =    Set Variable If    '${old status}' == 'PASS'
-    ...    <span class="pass">PASS</span>    <span class="fail">FAIL</span>
+    ${old status} =    Set Variable If
+    ...    '${old status}' == 'PASS'    <span class="pass">PASS</span>
+    ...    '${old status}' == 'FAIL'    <span class="fail">FAIL</span>
+    ...    <span class="skip">SKIP</span>
     ${old message} =    Set Variable If    '${old message}' != ''
     ...    ${old message}<br>    ${EMPTY}
     ${old message html achor} =    Set Variable If    '${old message}' != ''
@@ -289,8 +294,10 @@ Create expected merge old message body
 
 Create expected merge message body
     [Arguments]    ${new status}    ${new message}    ${old status}    ${old message}
-    ${new status} =    Set Variable If    '${new status}' == 'PASS'
-    ...    <span class="pass">PASS</span>    <span class="fail">FAIL</span>
+    ${new status} =    Set Variable If
+    ...    '${new status}' == 'PASS'    <span class="pass">PASS</span>
+    ...    '${new status}' == 'FAIL'    <span class="fail">FAIL</span>
+    ...    <span class="skip">SKIP</span>
     ${new message html achor} =    Set Variable If    '${new message}' != ''
     ...    <span class="new-message">New message:</span>${SPACE}    ${EMPTY}
     ${new message} =    Set Variable If    '${new message}' != ''
diff --git a/src/robot/result/merger.py b/src/robot/result/merger.py
index 320f3530cf2..a723bb061b2 100644
--- a/src/robot/result/merger.py
+++ b/src/robot/result/merger.py
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ def visit_test(self, test):
         if old is None:
             test.message = self._create_add_message(test)
             self.current.tests.append(test)
-        elif test.skipped:
-            old.message = self._create_skip_message(old, test)
         else:
             test.message = self._create_merge_message(test, old)
             index = self.current.tests.index(old)
@@ -129,13 +127,3 @@ def _format_old_status_and_message(self, test, merge_header):
             self._message_header("New"),
             self._message_header("Old"),
         )
-
-    def _create_skip_message(self, test, new):
-        msg = (
-            f"*HTML* {test_or_task('Test', self.rpa)} has been re-executed and "
-            f"results merged. Latter result had {self._status_text('SKIP')} "
-            f"status and was ignored. Message:\n{self._html(new.message)}"
-        )
-        if test.message:
-            msg += f"<hr>Original message:\n{self._html(test.message)}"
-        return msg