diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py b/odoo/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py
index c989dd4efc5..ac1f1d4caca 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/ir/ir_model.py
@@ -435,6 +435,12 @@ class IrModelFields(models.Model):
             model = self.env[record.model]
             field = model._fields[record.name]
             if field.type == 'many2one' and model._field_inverses.get(field):
+                if self._context.get(MODULE_UNINSTALL_FLAG):
+                    # automatically unlink the corresponding one2many field(s)
+                    inverses = self.search([('relation', '=', field.model_name),
+                                            ('relation_field', '=', field.name)])
+                    inverses.unlink()
+                    continue
                 msg = _("The field '%s' cannot be removed because the field '%s' depends on it.")
                 raise UserError(msg % (field, model._field_inverses[field][0]))