diff --git a/addons/crm/crm.py b/addons/crm/crm.py
index eb602b98c09..368656224ac 100644
--- a/addons/crm/crm.py
+++ b/addons/crm/crm.py
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ class crm_case_section(osv.osv):
         'code': fields.char('Code', size=8),
         'active': fields.boolean('Active', help="If the active field is set to "\
                         "true, it will allow you to hide the sales team without removing it."),
-        'allow_unlink': fields.boolean('Allow Delete', help="Allows to delete non draft cases"),
         'change_responsible': fields.boolean('Reassign Escalated', help="When escalating to this team override the salesman with the team leader."),
         'user_id': fields.many2one('res.users', 'Team Leader'),
         'member_ids':fields.many2many('res.users', 'sale_member_rel', 'section_id', 'member_id', 'Team Members'),
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ class crm_case_section(osv.osv):
 
     _defaults = {
         'active': 1,
-        'allow_unlink': 1,
         'stage_ids': _get_stage_common,
         'alias_domain': False, # always hide alias during creation
     }
diff --git a/addons/crm/crm_lead.py b/addons/crm/crm_lead.py
index 64ba9476701..547b25af27c 100644
--- a/addons/crm/crm_lead.py
+++ b/addons/crm/crm_lead.py
@@ -779,14 +779,6 @@ class crm_lead(base_stage, format_address, osv.osv):
         }
         return res
 
-    def unlink(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
-        for lead in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context):
-            if (not lead.section_id.allow_unlink) and (lead.state != 'draft'):
-                raise osv.except_osv(_('Error!'),
-                    _("You cannot delete lead '%s' because it is not in 'Draft' state. " \
-                      "You can still cancel it, instead of deleting it.") % lead.name)
-        return super(crm_lead, self).unlink(cr, uid, ids, context)
-
     def write(self, cr, uid, ids, vals, context=None):
         if vals.get('stage_id') and not vals.get('probability'):
             # change probability of lead(s) if required by stage
diff --git a/addons/crm/crm_view.xml b/addons/crm/crm_view.xml
index 5fa647f7253..99d3752529e 100644
--- a/addons/crm/crm_view.xml
+++ b/addons/crm/crm_view.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
                                     <field name="alias_name" class="oe_inline" attrs="{'required': [('alias_id', '!=', False)]}"/>@<field name="alias_domain" class="oe_inline"/>
                                  </div>
                                 <field name="change_responsible"/>
-                                <field name="allow_unlink"/>
                             </group>
                             <separator string="Team Members"/>
                             <field name="member_ids" widget="many2many_kanban">