tools/vgremove.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/vgremove.c b/tools/vgremove.c
index 8f73297..b6685ae 100644
--- a/tools/vgremove.c
+++ b/tools/vgremove.c
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ static int _vgremove_single(struct cmd_context *cmd, const char *vg_name,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (vg->pool_metadata_spare_lv &&
+	    !lvremove_single(cmd, vg->pool_metadata_spare_lv, &void_handle))
+		return_ECMD_FAILED;
+
 	if (!lockd_free_vg_before(cmd, vg, 0))
 		return_ECMD_FAILED;