diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/RemoteFixture.cs b/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/RemoteFixture.cs
index b25277faa..b33213495 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/RemoteFixture.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp.Tests/RemoteFixture.cs
@@ -189,5 +189,30 @@ public void CanCreateARemoteWithASpecifiedFetchRefSpec()
                 Assert.Equal("+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/grmpf/*", remote.RefSpecs.Single().Specification);
             }
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CanDeleteExistingRemote()
+        {
+            var path = CloneStandardTestRepo();
+            using (var repo = new Repository(path))
+            {
+                Assert.NotNull(repo.Network.Remotes["origin"]);
+                Assert.NotEmpty(repo.Refs.FromGlob("refs/remotes/origin/*"));
+
+                repo.Network.Remotes.Remove("origin");
+                Assert.Null(repo.Network.Remotes["origin"]);
+                Assert.Empty(repo.Refs.FromGlob("refs/remotes/origin/*"));
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CanDeleteNonExistingRemote()
+        {
+            using (var repo = new Repository(StandardTestRepoPath))
+            {
+                Assert.Null(repo.Network.Remotes["i_dont_exist"]);
+                repo.Network.Remotes.Remove("i_dont_exist");
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/Core/NativeMethods.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/Core/NativeMethods.cs
index 09e6ac22d..faf1e02b5 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp/Core/NativeMethods.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/Core/NativeMethods.cs
@@ -994,6 +994,9 @@ internal static extern int git_remote_create_with_fetchspec(
             [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.CustomMarshaler, MarshalCookie = UniqueId.UniqueIdentifier, MarshalTypeRef = typeof(StrictUtf8Marshaler))] string url,
             [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.CustomMarshaler, MarshalCookie = UniqueId.UniqueIdentifier, MarshalTypeRef = typeof(StrictUtf8Marshaler))] string refspec);
 
+        [DllImport(libgit2)]
+        internal static extern int git_remote_delete(RemoteSafeHandle remote);
+
         [DllImport(libgit2)]
         internal static extern void git_remote_disconnect(RemoteSafeHandle remote);
 
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/Core/Proxy.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/Core/Proxy.cs
index 64744d0d7..167645b26 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp/Core/Proxy.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/Core/Proxy.cs
@@ -1785,6 +1785,24 @@ public static void git_remote_connect(RemoteSafeHandle remote, GitDirection dire
             }
         }
 
+        public static void git_remote_delete(RepositorySafeHandle repo, string name)
+        {
+            using (ThreadAffinity())
+            {
+                using (RemoteSafeHandle remote = git_remote_load(repo, name, false))
+                {
+                    if (remote == null)
+                    {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    int res = NativeMethods.git_remote_delete(remote);
+                    Ensure.ZeroResult(res);
+                    remote.SetHandleAsInvalid();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         public static void git_remote_disconnect(RemoteSafeHandle remote)
         {
             using (ThreadAffinity())
diff --git a/LibGit2Sharp/RemoteCollection.cs b/LibGit2Sharp/RemoteCollection.cs
index bd031eeba..443dc3f5f 100644
--- a/LibGit2Sharp/RemoteCollection.cs
+++ b/LibGit2Sharp/RemoteCollection.cs
@@ -137,6 +137,18 @@ public virtual bool IsValidName(string name)
             return Remote.IsValidName(name);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deletes the <see cref="Remote"/> with the specified name.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="name">The name of the remote to remove.</param>
+        /// <returns>A new <see cref="Remote"/>.</returns>
+        public virtual void Remove(string name)
+        {
+            Ensure.ArgumentNotNull(name, "name");
+
+            Proxy.git_remote_delete(repository.Handle, name);
+        }
+
         private string DebuggerDisplay
         {
             get