diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/sequence/remove_task.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/sequence/remove_task.py
index 941a335663..2366678dda 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/sequence/remove_task.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/api/sequence/remove_task.py
@@ -16,4 +16,13 @@ class Usecase:
             definition=self.settings["task"],
             relating_context=self.file.by_type("IfcContext")[0],
         )
+        for inverse in self.file.get_inverse(self.settings["task"]):
+            if inverse.is_a("IfcRelSequence"):
+                self.file.remove(inverse)
+            elif inverse.is_a("IfcRelNests"):
+                if inverse.RelatingObject == self.settings["task"]:
+                    for related_object in inverse.RelatedObjects:
+                        ifcopenshell.api.run("sequence.remove_task", self.file, task=related_object)
+                elif inverse.RelatedObjects == tuple(self.settings["task"]):
+                    self.file.remove(inverse)
         self.file.remove(self.settings["task"])