diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/pathops.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/pathops.rs
index f94ed93f..46bf4a37 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/pathops.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/pathops.rs
@@ -383,10 +383,15 @@ fn run_pf(s: &mut Session, op: PathfinderOp) -> Result<Value> {
         let mut styles: Vec<Style> = vec![];
         let mut shapes: Vec<po::Shape> = vec![];
         let mut names: Vec<Option<String>> = vec![];
-        let mut push = |mut path: PathData, rule: FillRule, st: Style, name: Option<String>| {
+        let mut push = |mut path: PathData, rule: FillRule, mut st: Style, name: Option<String>| {
             if path.is_empty() {
                 return;
             }
+            // Trim, Merge and Crop remove any strokes (and Merge then merges by fill alone), as the
+            // public Pathfinder documentation describes.
+            if matches!(op, PathfinderOp::Trim | PathfinderOp::Merge | PathfinderOp::Crop) {
+                st.appearance.items.retain(|i| !matches!(i, AppearanceItem::Stroke(_)));
+            }
             if op == PathfinderOp::Divide && st.appearance.items.iter().any(|i| matches!(i, AppearanceItem::Fill(f) if !f.paint.is_none())) {
                 // Filled open contours keep their implicit closing edge. A zero-area line
                 // stays a cutter; normalised area also catches zero-signed-area self crossings.
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_pathops.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_pathops.rs
index 6796fd60..4f0ab4c3 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_pathops.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_pathops.rs
@@ -893,3 +893,29 @@ fn divide_keeps_implicitly_closed_filled_paths_including_zero_signed_area() {
         assert!(pieces.iter().all(|n| n.appearance == source.appearance));
     }
 }
+
+/// #1570: Trim, Merge and Crop remove the objects' strokes; Merge then merges same-coloured
+/// fills whatever their strokes were.
+#[test]
+fn trim_merge_and_crop_remove_strokes() {
+    for op in ["trim", "merge", "crop"] {
+        let mut s = session();
+        let (a, b) = two_rects(&mut s);
+        for (id, c) in [(a, Color::rgb(0.0, 0.0, 0.0)), (b, Color::rgb(1.0, 0.0, 0.0))] {
+            s.edit("t", |d, _| {
+                d.node_mut(id).unwrap().appearance = Appearance::basic(Paint::solid(Color::rgb(0.0, 0.0, 1.0)), Paint::solid(c), 3.0).into();
+                Ok(())
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        }
+        s.execute("select.set", &json!({"ids": [a.0, b.0]})).unwrap();
+        let r = ids(&s.execute(&format!("object.pathfinder.{op}"), &json!({})).unwrap());
+        let g = node(&s, r[0]);
+        let pieces = g.children().unwrap();
+        assert!(!pieces.is_empty(), "{op}");
+        assert!(pieces.iter().all(|c| c.appearance.stroke_width() == 0.0 && c.appearance.fill().is_some()), "{op} keeps a stroke");
+        if op == "merge" {
+            assert_eq!(pieces.len(), 1, "same fill, different strokes: merged");
+        }
+    }
+}