diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-rm.md b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-rm.md
index b484b4c5..661ac6c5 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-rm.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-rm.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Now let's delete the `heartwood` project:
 ```
 $ rad rm rad:z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji --no-confirm
 ✓ Untracked rad:z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji
+✓ Successfully removed 'rad' remote
 ✓ Successfully removed rad:z42hL2jL4XNk6K8oHQaSWfMgCL7ji from storage
 ```
 
diff --git a/radicle-cli/src/commands/rm.rs b/radicle-cli/src/commands/rm.rs
index e07ab5fb..b010f829 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/src/commands/rm.rs
+++ b/radicle-cli/src/commands/rm.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ use anyhow::anyhow;
 use radicle::identity::Id;
 use radicle::node;
 use radicle::node::Handle as _;
+use radicle::storage;
 use radicle::Profile;
 
+use crate::git;
 use crate::terminal as term;
 use crate::terminal::args::{Args, Error, Help};
 
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ pub fn run(options: Options, ctx: impl term::Context) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let profile = ctx.profile()?;
     let storage = &profile.storage;
     let rid = options.rid;
-    let path = radicle::storage::git::paths::repository(storage, &rid);
+    let path = storage::git::paths::repository(storage, &rid);
 
     if !path.exists() {
         anyhow::bail!("repository {rid} was not found");
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ pub fn run(options: Options, ctx: impl term::Context) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     if !options.confirm || term::confirm(format!("Remove {rid}?")) {
         untrack(&rid, &profile)?;
+        remove_remote(&rid)?;
         fs::remove_dir_all(path)?;
         term::success!("Successfully removed {rid} from storage");
     }
@@ -106,3 +109,20 @@ fn untrack(rid: &Id, profile: &Profile) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+fn remove_remote(rid: &Id) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let cwd = std::env::current_dir()?;
+    if let Err(e) = git::Repository::open(cwd)
+        .map_err(|err| err.into())
+        .and_then(|repo| git::remove_remote(&repo, rid))
+    {
+        term::warning(&format!(
+            "Attempted to remove 'rad' remote from working copy: {e}"
+        ));
+        term::warning("In case a working copy exists, make sure to `git remote remove rad`");
+    } else {
+        term::success!("Successfully removed 'rad' remote");
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/radicle-cli/src/git.rs b/radicle-cli/src/git.rs
index 26a94617..c7aed975 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/src/git.rs
+++ b/radicle-cli/src/git.rs
@@ -251,6 +251,28 @@ pub fn rad_remote(repo: &Repository) -> anyhow::Result<(git2::Remote, Id)> {
     }
 }
 
+pub fn remove_remote(repo: &Repository, rid: &Id) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    // N.b. ensure that we are removing the remote for the correct RID
+    match radicle::rad::remote(repo) {
+        Ok((_, rid_)) => {
+            if rid_ != *rid {
+                return Err(radicle::rad::RemoteError::RidMismatch {
+                    found: rid_,
+                    expected: *rid,
+                }
+                .into());
+            }
+        }
+        Err(radicle::rad::RemoteError::NotFound(_)) => return Ok(()),
+        Err(err) => return Err(err).context("could not read git remote configuration"),
+    };
+
+    match radicle::rad::remove_remote(repo) {
+        Ok(()) => Ok(()),
+        Err(err) => Err(err).context("could not read git remote configuration"),
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn add_remote<'a>(
     repo: &'a Repository,
     name: &'a str,
diff --git a/radicle/src/rad.rs b/radicle/src/rad.rs
index e27b9ab5..ee9a83f7 100644
--- a/radicle/src/rad.rs
+++ b/radicle/src/rad.rs
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ pub enum RemoteError {
     InvalidUtf8,
     #[error("remote `{0}` not found")]
     NotFound(String),
+    #[error("expected remote for {expected} but found {found}")]
+    RidMismatch { found: Id, expected: Id },
 }
 
 /// Get the radicle ("rad") remote of a repository, and return the associated project id.
@@ -282,6 +284,18 @@ pub fn remote(repo: &git2::Repository) -> Result<(git2::Remote<'_>, Id), RemoteE
     Ok((remote, url.repo))
 }
 
+/// Delete the radicle ("rad") remote of a repository.
+pub fn remove_remote(repo: &git2::Repository) -> Result<(), RemoteError> {
+    repo.remote_delete(&REMOTE_NAME).map_err(|e| {
+        if e.code() == git2::ErrorCode::NotFound {
+            RemoteError::NotFound(REMOTE_NAME.to_string())
+        } else {
+            RemoteError::from(e)
+        }
+    })?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Get the Id of project in current working directory
 pub fn cwd() -> Result<(git2::Repository, Id), RemoteError> {
     let repo = git2::Repository::open(Path::new("."))?;