diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 474ab85fb2..7945823fda 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* Delete missing modules not activated when updating module list
 * Remove empty pages from notebook
 * Allow to store Dict as JSON on the database
 
diff --git a/trytond/ir/module.py b/trytond/ir/module.py
index 63f2cb3dd1..b666f5f513 100644
--- a/trytond/ir/module.py
+++ b/trytond/ir/module.py
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ class Module(ModelSQL, ModelView):
 
         modules = cls.search([])
         name2module = dict((m.name, m) for m in modules)
+        cls.delete([m for m in modules
+                if m.state != 'activated' and m.name not in module_names])
 
         # iterate through activated modules and mark them as being so
         for name in module_names: