diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/LineItem.java b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/LineItem.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ab2dd4e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/LineItem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.baeldung.jpa.removal;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+@Entity
+public class LineItem {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
+    private Long id;
+
+    private String name;
+
+    @ManyToOne
+    private OrderRequest orderRequest;
+
+    public LineItem(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o)
+            return true;
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass())
+            return false;
+
+        LineItem lineItem = (LineItem) o;
+
+        return Objects.equals(id, lineItem.id);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return id != null ? id.hashCode() : 0;
+    }
+
+    protected LineItem() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/OrderRequest.java b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/OrderRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..739c110d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/OrderRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package com.baeldung.jpa.removal;
+
+import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
+import javax.persistence.OneToOne;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Entity
+public class OrderRequest {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
+    private Long id;
+
+    @OneToOne(cascade = { CascadeType.REMOVE, CascadeType.PERSIST })
+    private ShipmentInfo shipmentInfo;
+
+    @OneToMany(orphanRemoval = true, cascade = CascadeType.PERSIST, mappedBy = "orderRequest")
+    private List<LineItem> lineItems;
+
+    public OrderRequest(ShipmentInfo shipmentInfo) {
+        this.shipmentInfo = shipmentInfo;
+    }
+
+    public OrderRequest(List<LineItem> lineItems) {
+        this.lineItems = lineItems;
+    }
+
+    public void removeLineItem(LineItem lineItem) {
+        lineItems.remove(lineItem);
+    }
+
+    public void setLineItems(List<LineItem> lineItems) {
+        this.lineItems = lineItems;
+    }
+
+    protected OrderRequest() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/ShipmentInfo.java b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/ShipmentInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12274bcadf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/ShipmentInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package com.baeldung.jpa.removal;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+@Entity
+public class ShipmentInfo {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
+    private Long id;
+
+    private String name;
+
+    public ShipmentInfo(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    protected ShipmentInfo() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index 28a929f912..88378bd8db 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -1,25 +1,43 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <persistence xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence
+             xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+             xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence
              http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_2.xsd"
-	version="2.2">
-	<persistence-unit name="jpa-h2-equality">
-		<provider>org.hibernate.jpa.HibernatePersistenceProvider</provider>
-		<class>com.baeldung.jpa.equality.EqualByJavaDefault</class>
-		<class>com.baeldung.jpa.equality.EqualById</class>
-		<class>com.baeldung.jpa.equality.EqualByBusinessKey</class>
-		<exclude-unlisted-classes>true</exclude-unlisted-classes>
-		<properties>
-			<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.h2.Driver" />
-			<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:h2:mem:test" />
-			<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value="sa" />
-			<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value="" />
-			<property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.h2.Driver" />
-			<property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect" />
-			<property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="create-drop" />
-			<property name="show_sql" value="false" />
-			<property name="hibernate.temp.use_jdbc_metadata_defaults" value="false" />
-		</properties>
-	</persistence-unit>
+             version="2.2">
+    <persistence-unit name="jpa-h2-equality">
+        <provider>org.hibernate.jpa.HibernatePersistenceProvider</provider>
+        <class>com.baeldung.jpa.equality.EqualByJavaDefault</class>
+        <class>com.baeldung.jpa.equality.EqualById</class>
+        <class>com.baeldung.jpa.equality.EqualByBusinessKey</class>
+        <exclude-unlisted-classes>true</exclude-unlisted-classes>
+        <properties>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.h2.Driver"/>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:h2:mem:test"/>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value="sa"/>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value=""/>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.h2.Driver"/>
+            <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect"/>
+            <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="create-drop"/>
+            <property name="show_sql" value="false"/>
+            <property name="hibernate.temp.use_jdbc_metadata_defaults" value="false"/>
+        </properties>
+    </persistence-unit>
+    <persistence-unit name="jpa-h2-removal">
+        <provider>org.hibernate.jpa.HibernatePersistenceProvider</provider>
+        <class>com.baeldung.jpa.removal.ShipmentInfo</class>
+        <class>com.baeldung.jpa.removal.LineItem</class>
+        <class>com.baeldung.jpa.removal.OrderRequest</class>
+        <exclude-unlisted-classes>true</exclude-unlisted-classes>
+        <properties>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.h2.Driver"/>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:h2:mem:test"/>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value="sa"/>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value=""/>
+            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="org.h2.Driver"/>
+            <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect"/>
+            <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="create-drop"/>
+            <property name="show_sql" value="false"/>
+            <property name="hibernate.temp.use_jdbc_metadata_defaults" value="false"/>
+        </properties>
+    </persistence-unit>
 </persistence>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/CascadeTypeRemoveIntegrationTest.java b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/CascadeTypeRemoveIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f99723ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/CascadeTypeRemoveIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package com.baeldung.jpa.removal;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
+import javax.persistence.Persistence;
+import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class CascadeTypeRemoveIntegrationTest {
+
+    private static EntityManagerFactory factory;
+    private static EntityManager entityManager;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setup() {
+        factory = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("jpa-h2-removal");
+        entityManager = factory.createEntityManager();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenOrderRequestIsDeleted_thenDeleteShipmentInfo() {
+        createOrderRequestWithShipmentInfo();
+
+        OrderRequest orderRequest = entityManager.find(OrderRequest.class, 1L);
+
+        entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+        entityManager.remove(orderRequest);
+        entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(0, findAllOrderRequest().size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(0, findAllShipmentInfo().size());
+    }
+
+    private void createOrderRequestWithShipmentInfo() {
+        ShipmentInfo shipmentInfo = new ShipmentInfo("name");
+        OrderRequest orderRequest = new OrderRequest(shipmentInfo);
+
+        entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+        entityManager.persist(orderRequest);
+        entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, findAllOrderRequest().size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, findAllShipmentInfo().size());
+    }
+
+    private List<OrderRequest> findAllOrderRequest() {
+        CriteriaBuilder cb = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+        CriteriaQuery<OrderRequest> cq = cb.createQuery(OrderRequest.class);
+        Root<OrderRequest> root = cq.from(OrderRequest.class);
+        CriteriaQuery<OrderRequest> findAll = cq.select(root);
+        TypedQuery<OrderRequest> findAllQuery = entityManager.createQuery(findAll);
+
+        return findAllQuery.getResultList();
+    }
+
+    private List<ShipmentInfo> findAllShipmentInfo() {
+        CriteriaBuilder cb = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+        CriteriaQuery<ShipmentInfo> cq = cb.createQuery(ShipmentInfo.class);
+        Root<ShipmentInfo> root = cq.from(ShipmentInfo.class);
+        CriteriaQuery<ShipmentInfo> findAll = cq.select(root);
+        TypedQuery<ShipmentInfo> findAllQuery = entityManager.createQuery(findAll);
+
+        return findAllQuery.getResultList();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/OrphanRemovalIntegrationTest.java b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/OrphanRemovalIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..615e8cf3a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jpa/removal/OrphanRemovalIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package com.baeldung.jpa.removal;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
+import javax.persistence.Persistence;
+import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
+import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class OrphanRemovalIntegrationTest {
+
+    private static EntityManagerFactory factory;
+    private static EntityManager entityManager;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        factory = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("jpa-h2-removal");
+        entityManager = factory.createEntityManager();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenLineItemIsRemovedFromOrderRequest_thenDeleteOrphanedLineItem() {
+        createOrderRequestWithLineItems();
+
+        OrderRequest orderRequest = entityManager.find(OrderRequest.class, 1L);
+        LineItem lineItem = entityManager.find(LineItem.class, 2L);
+        orderRequest.removeLineItem(lineItem);
+
+        entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+        entityManager.merge(orderRequest);
+        entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, findAllOrderRequest().size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(2, findAllLineItem().size());
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = PersistenceException.class)
+    public void whenLineItemsIsReassigned_thenThrowAnException() {
+        createOrderRequestWithLineItems();
+
+        OrderRequest orderRequest = entityManager.find(OrderRequest.class, 1L);
+        orderRequest.setLineItems(new ArrayList<>());
+
+        entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+        entityManager.merge(orderRequest);
+        entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+    }
+
+    private void createOrderRequestWithLineItems() {
+        List<LineItem> lineItems = new ArrayList<>();
+        lineItems.add(new LineItem("line item 1"));
+        lineItems.add(new LineItem("line item 2"));
+        lineItems.add(new LineItem("line item 3"));
+
+        OrderRequest orderRequest = new OrderRequest(lineItems);
+
+        entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+        entityManager.persist(orderRequest);
+        entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, findAllOrderRequest().size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(3, findAllLineItem().size());
+    }
+
+    private List<OrderRequest> findAllOrderRequest() {
+        CriteriaBuilder cb = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+        CriteriaQuery<OrderRequest> cq = cb.createQuery(OrderRequest.class);
+        Root<OrderRequest> root = cq.from(OrderRequest.class);
+        CriteriaQuery<OrderRequest> findAll = cq.select(root);
+        TypedQuery<OrderRequest> findAllQuery = entityManager.createQuery(findAll);
+
+        return findAllQuery.getResultList();
+    }
+
+    private List<LineItem> findAllLineItem() {
+        CriteriaBuilder cb = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+        CriteriaQuery<LineItem> cq = cb.createQuery(LineItem.class);
+        Root<LineItem> root = cq.from(LineItem.class);
+        CriteriaQuery<LineItem> findAll = cq.select(root);
+        TypedQuery<LineItem> findAllQuery = entityManager.createQuery(findAll);
+
+        return findAllQuery.getResultList();
+    }
+}