diff --git a/addons/google_calendar/i18n/google_calendar.pot b/addons/google_calendar/i18n/google_calendar.pot
index e76e934fbf7..629573f0c7c 100644
--- a/addons/google_calendar/i18n/google_calendar.pot
+++ b/addons/google_calendar/i18n/google_calendar.pot
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: Odoo Server 14.0\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: Odoo Server 14.0+e\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2020-11-27 11:24+0000\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2020-11-27 11:24+0000\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2021-01-22 08:05+0000\n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: \n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
@@ -364,14 +364,6 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Users"
 msgstr ""
 
-#. module: google_calendar
-#: code:addons/google_calendar/models/google_sync.py:0
-#, python-format
-msgid ""
-"You cannot delete a record synchronized with Google Calendar, archive it "
-"instead."
-msgstr ""
-
 #. module: google_calendar
 #. openerp-web
 #: code:addons/google_calendar/static/src/js/google_calendar.js:0
diff --git a/addons/google_calendar/models/google_sync.py b/addons/google_calendar/models/google_sync.py
index 06c09bc48b5..0007e5d10c8 100644
--- a/addons/google_calendar/models/google_sync.py
+++ b/addons/google_calendar/models/google_sync.py
@@ -97,13 +97,6 @@ class GoogleSync(models.AbstractModel):
             record._google_insert(google_service, record._google_values(), timeout=3)
         return records
 
-    @api.ondelete(at_uninstall=False)
-    def _unlink_except_synchronized(self):
-        if self.env.context.get('archive_on_error') and self._active_name:
-            return
-        if self.filtered('google_id'):
-            raise UserError(_("You cannot delete a record synchronized with Google Calendar, archive it instead."))
-
     def unlink(self):
         """We can't delete an event that is also in Google Calendar. Otherwise we would
         have no clue that the event must must deleted from Google Calendar at the next sync.
@@ -113,6 +106,12 @@ class GoogleSync(models.AbstractModel):
         if self.env.context.get('archive_on_error') and self._active_name:
             synced.write({self._active_name: False})
             self = self - synced
+        elif synced:
+            # Since we can not delete such an event (see method comment), we archive it.
+            # Notice that archiving an event will delete the associated event on Google.
+            # Then, since it has been deleted on Google, the event is also deleted on Odoo DB (_sync_google2odoo).
+            self.action_archive()
+            return True
         return super().unlink()
 
     @api.model