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 57cf4593584..9f093ae8751 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.editor.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {getCSSVariableValue} from "web_editor.utils";
 import * as gridUtils from "@web_editor/js/common/grid_layout_utils";
 import { sprintf, escape } from "@web/core/utils/strings";
 const QWeb = core.qweb;
-import {closestElement} from "@web_editor/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils";
+import { closestElement, isUnremovable } from "@web_editor/js/editor/odoo-editor/src/utils/utils";
 import { debounce, throttleForAnimation } from "@web/core/utils/timing";
 import { uniqueId } from "@web/core/utils/functions";
 import { sortBy, unique } from "@web/core/utils/arrays";
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
 
         this.isTargetParentEditable = this.$target.parent().is(':o_editable');
         this.isTargetMovable = this.isTargetParentEditable && this.isTargetMovable && !this.$target.hasClass('oe_unmovable');
-        this.isTargetRemovable = this.isTargetParentEditable && !this.$target.parent().is('[data-oe-type="image"]') && !this.$target.hasClass('oe_unremovable');
+        this.isTargetRemovable = this.isTargetParentEditable && !this.$target.parent().is('[data-oe-type="image"]') && !isUnremovable(this.$target[0]);
         this.displayOverlayOptions = this.displayOverlayOptions || this.isTargetMovable || !this.isTargetParentEditable;
 
         // Initialize move/clone/remove buttons
@@ -555,9 +555,10 @@ var SnippetEditor = Widget.extend({
                         // Consider layout-only elements (like bg-shapes) as empty
                         return el.matches(this.layoutElementsSelector);
                     });
-                return isEmpty && !$el.hasClass('oe_structure') && !$el.hasClass('oe_unremovable')
+                return isEmpty && !$el.hasClass('oe_structure')
                     && !$el.parent().hasClass('carousel-item')
-                    && (!editor || editor.isTargetParentEditable);
+                    && (!editor || editor.isTargetParentEditable)
+                    && !isUnremovable($el[0]);
             };
 
             var editor = $parent.data('snippet-editor');