diff --git a/rslib/src/backend/mod.rs b/rslib/src/backend/mod.rs
index ccda0fd2b..c02c4179b 100644
--- a/rslib/src/backend/mod.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/backend/mod.rs
@@ -960,9 +960,8 @@ impl Backend {
         })
     }
 
-    fn remove_notetype(&self, _id: i64) -> Result<()> {
-        println!("fixme: remove notetype");
-        Ok(())
+    fn remove_notetype(&self, id: i64) -> Result<()> {
+        self.with_col(|col| col.remove_notetype(NoteTypeID(id)))
     }
 
     fn new_note(&self, ntid: i64) -> Result<pb::Note> {
diff --git a/rslib/src/notetype/mod.rs b/rslib/src/notetype/mod.rs
index 5a2bb5411..3fc48ca1d 100644
--- a/rslib/src/notetype/mod.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/notetype/mod.rs
@@ -375,4 +375,13 @@ impl Collection {
             })
             .collect()
     }
+
+    pub fn remove_notetype(&mut self, ntid: NoteTypeID) -> Result<()> {
+        // fixme: currently the storage layer is taking care of removing the notes and cards,
+        // but we need to do it in this layer in the future for undo handling
+        self.transact(None, |col| {
+            col.storage.set_schema_modified()?;
+            col.storage.remove_notetype(ntid)
+        })
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rslib/src/storage/notetype/mod.rs b/rslib/src/storage/notetype/mod.rs
index 6cf875727..0d4effc3e 100644
--- a/rslib/src/storage/notetype/mod.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/storage/notetype/mod.rs
@@ -205,6 +205,26 @@ impl SqliteStorage {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn remove_notetype(&self, ntid: NoteTypeID) -> Result<()> {
+        self.db
+            .prepare_cached("delete from cards where nid in (select id from notes where mid=?)")?
+            .execute(&[ntid])?;
+        self.db
+            .prepare_cached("delete from notes where mid=?")?
+            .execute(&[ntid])?;
+        self.db
+            .prepare_cached("delete from templates where ntid=?")?
+            .execute(&[ntid])?;
+        self.db
+            .prepare_cached("delete from fields where ntid=?")?
+            .execute(&[ntid])?;
+        self.db
+            .prepare_cached("delete from notetypes where id=?")?
+            .execute(&[ntid])?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn move_cards_for_repositioned_templates(
         &self,
         ntid: NoteTypeID,