diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/lib_override.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/lib_override.cc
index 5159fbbfc70..837d6199527 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/lib_override.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/lib_override.cc
@@ -4571,6 +4571,9 @@ void BKE_lib_override_library_id_unused_cleanup(ID *local)
             BKE_lib_override_library_property_operation_delete(op, opop);
           }
         }
+        if (BLI_listbase_is_empty(&op->operations)) {
+          BKE_lib_override_library_property_delete(local->override_library, op);
+        }
       }
     }
   }