diff --git a/lib/tasks/enterprises.rake b/lib/tasks/enterprises.rake
index caca6041a1..0c1c0f4aa6 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/enterprises.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/enterprises.rake
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 require 'csv'
 
 namespace :ofn do
+  # Note this task is still rather naive and only covers the simple case where
+  # an enterprise was created but never used and thus, does not have any
+  # associated entities like orders.
+  desc 'remove the specified enterprise'
+  task :remove_enterprise, [:enterprise_id] => :environment do |_task, args|
+    enterprise = Enterprise.find(args.enterprise_id)
+    enterprise.destroy
+  end
+
   namespace :dev do
     desc 'export enterprises to CSV'
     task export_enterprises: :environment do
diff --git a/spec/lib/tasks/enterprises_rake_spec.rb b/spec/lib/tasks/enterprises_rake_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fb1ef23f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/tasks/enterprises_rake_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'rake'
+
+describe 'enterprises.rake' do
+  describe ':remove_enterprise' do
+    context 'when the enterprises exists' do
+      it 'removes the enterprise' do
+        enterprise = create(:enterprise)
+
+        Rake.application.rake_require 'tasks/enterprises'
+        Rake::Task.define_task(:environment)
+
+        expect {
+          Rake.application.invoke_task "ofn:remove_enterprise[#{enterprise.id}]"
+        }.to change(Enterprise, :count).by(-1)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end