diff --git a/src/db.c b/src/db.c
index 4b0577f..bcf83c6 100644
--- a/src/db.c
+++ b/src/db.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 	[DB_STMT_SUBSCR_CREATE] = "INSERT INTO subscriber (imsi) VALUES ($imsi)",
 	[DB_STMT_DEL_BY_ID] = "DELETE FROM subscriber WHERE id = $subscriber_id",
 	[DB_STMT_SET_MSISDN_BY_IMSI] = "UPDATE subscriber SET msisdn = $msisdn WHERE imsi = $imsi",
+	[DB_STMT_DELETE_MSISDN_BY_IMSI] = "UPDATE subscriber SET msisdn = NULL WHERE imsi = $imsi",
 	[DB_STMT_AUC_2G_INSERT] =
 		"INSERT INTO auc_2g (subscriber_id, algo_id_2g, ki)"
 		" VALUES($subscriber_id, $algo_id_2g, $ki)",
diff --git a/src/db.h b/src/db.h
index 956b5ed..34582c8 100644
--- a/src/db.h
+++ b/src/db.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	DB_STMT_SUBSCR_CREATE,
 	DB_STMT_DEL_BY_ID,
 	DB_STMT_SET_MSISDN_BY_IMSI,
+	DB_STMT_DELETE_MSISDN_BY_IMSI,
 	DB_STMT_AUC_2G_INSERT,
 	DB_STMT_AUC_2G_DELETE,
 	DB_STMT_AUC_3G_INSERT,
diff --git a/src/db_hlr.c b/src/db_hlr.c
index c4d4974..2bccc38 100644
--- a/src/db_hlr.c
+++ b/src/db_hlr.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 
 /*! Set a subscriber's MSISDN in the HLR database.
  * \param[in,out] dbc  database context.
- * \param[in] imsi  ASCII string of IMSI digits.
+ * \param[in] imsi  ASCII string of IMSI digits, or NULL to remove the MSISDN.
  * \param[in] msisdn  ASCII string of MSISDN digits.
  * \returns 0 on success, -EINVAL in case of invalid MSISDN string, -EIO on
  *          database failure, -ENOENT if no such subscriber exists.
@@ -146,19 +146,22 @@
 	int rc;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (!osmo_msisdn_str_valid(msisdn)) {
+	if (msisdn && !osmo_msisdn_str_valid(msisdn)) {
 		LOGHLR(imsi, LOGL_ERROR,
 		       "Cannot update subscriber: invalid MSISDN: '%s'\n",
 		       msisdn);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	sqlite3_stmt *stmt = dbc->stmt[DB_STMT_SET_MSISDN_BY_IMSI];
+	sqlite3_stmt *stmt = dbc->stmt[
+		msisdn ? DB_STMT_SET_MSISDN_BY_IMSI : DB_STMT_DELETE_MSISDN_BY_IMSI];
 
 	if (!db_bind_text(stmt, "$imsi", imsi))
 		return -EIO;
-	if (!db_bind_text(stmt, "$msisdn", msisdn))
-		return -EIO;
+	if (msisdn) {
+		if (!db_bind_text(stmt, "$msisdn", msisdn))
+			return -EIO;
+	}
 
 	/* execute the statement */
 	rc = sqlite3_step(stmt);
diff --git a/src/hlr_vty_subscr.c b/src/hlr_vty_subscr.c
index ddbaf26..bc6f6a5 100644
--- a/src/hlr_vty_subscr.c
+++ b/src/hlr_vty_subscr.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
 
 #define SUBSCR_UPDATE		SUBSCR "update "
 #define SUBSCR_UPDATE_HELP	SUBSCR_HELP "Set or update subscriber data\n"
+#define SUBSCR_MSISDN_HELP	"Set MSISDN (phone number) of the subscriber\n"
 
 DEFUN(subscriber_show,
       subscriber_show_cmd,
@@ -228,9 +229,9 @@
 
 DEFUN(subscriber_msisdn,
       subscriber_msisdn_cmd,
-      SUBSCR_UPDATE "msisdn MSISDN",
-      SUBSCR_UPDATE_HELP
-      "Set MSISDN (phone number) of the subscriber\n"
+      SUBSCR_UPDATE "msisdn (none|MSISDN)",
+      SUBSCR_UPDATE_HELP SUBSCR_MSISDN_HELP
+      "Remove MSISDN (phone number)\n"
       "New MSISDN (phone number)\n")
 {
 	struct hlr_subscriber subscr;
@@ -238,15 +239,19 @@
 	const char *id = argv[1];
 	const char *msisdn = argv[2];
 
-	if (strlen(msisdn) > sizeof(subscr.msisdn) - 1) {
-		vty_out(vty, "%% MSISDN is too long, max. %zu characters are allowed%s",
-			sizeof(subscr.msisdn)-1, VTY_NEWLINE);
-		return CMD_WARNING;
-	}
+	if (strcmp(msisdn, "none") == 0)
+		msisdn = NULL;
+	else {
+		if (strlen(msisdn) > sizeof(subscr.msisdn) - 1) {
+			vty_out(vty, "%% MSISDN is too long, max. %zu characters are allowed%s",
+				sizeof(subscr.msisdn)-1, VTY_NEWLINE);
+			return CMD_WARNING;
+		}
 
-	if (!osmo_msisdn_str_valid(msisdn)) {
-		vty_out(vty, "%% MSISDN invalid: '%s'%s", msisdn, VTY_NEWLINE);
-		return CMD_WARNING;
+		if (!osmo_msisdn_str_valid(msisdn)) {
+			vty_out(vty, "%% MSISDN invalid: '%s'%s", msisdn, VTY_NEWLINE);
+			return CMD_WARNING;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (get_subscr_by_argv(vty, id_type, id, &subscr))
@@ -258,11 +263,18 @@
 		return CMD_WARNING;
 	}
 
-	vty_out(vty, "%% Updated subscriber IMSI='%s' to MSISDN='%s'%s",
-		subscr.imsi, msisdn, VTY_NEWLINE);
+	if (msisdn) {
+		vty_out(vty, "%% Updated subscriber IMSI='%s' to MSISDN='%s'%s",
+			subscr.imsi, msisdn, VTY_NEWLINE);
 
-	if (db_subscr_get_by_msisdn(g_hlr->dbc, msisdn, &subscr) == 0)
+		if (db_subscr_get_by_msisdn(g_hlr->dbc, msisdn, &subscr) == 0)
+			osmo_hlr_subscriber_update_notify(&subscr);
+	} else {
+		vty_out(vty, "%% Updated subscriber IMSI='%s': removed MSISDN%s",
+			subscr.imsi, VTY_NEWLINE);
+
 		osmo_hlr_subscriber_update_notify(&subscr);
+	}
 
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }