diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
index 0ebf61e14d7..f0b1b1e2549 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
             $customize.find('.oe_snippet_clone').addClass('d-none');
         }
 
-        if (!this.isTargetParentEditable) {
+        if (!this.isTargetParentEditable || this.$target.is('.carousel-item')) { // TODO get rid of the carousel-item hack somehow
             $customize.find('.oe_snippet_remove').addClass('d-none');
         }