diff --git a/src/App/DocumentObject.cpp b/src/App/DocumentObject.cpp
index 6a4e12ec78..6daef96f81 100644
--- a/src/App/DocumentObject.cpp
+++ b/src/App/DocumentObject.cpp
@@ -949,6 +949,16 @@ void DocumentObject::setExpression(const ObjectIdentifier &path, std::shared_ptr
     ExpressionEngine.setValue(path, expr);
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Clear the expression of the object identifier \a path in this document object.
+ * @param path Target object identifier
+ */
+
+void DocumentObject::clearExpression(const ObjectIdentifier & path)
+{
+    setExpression(path, std::shared_ptr<Expression>());
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Get expression information associated with \a path.
  * @param path Object identifier
diff --git a/src/App/DocumentObject.h b/src/App/DocumentObject.h
index 8486c077a4..e994db5249 100644
--- a/src/App/DocumentObject.h
+++ b/src/App/DocumentObject.h
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ public:
 
     virtual void setExpression(const ObjectIdentifier & path, std::shared_ptr<App::Expression> expr);
 
+    void clearExpression(const ObjectIdentifier & path);
+
     virtual const PropertyExpressionEngine::ExpressionInfo getExpression(const ObjectIdentifier &path) const;
 
     virtual void renameObjectIdentifiers(const std::map<App::ObjectIdentifier, App::ObjectIdentifier> & paths);
diff --git a/src/App/DocumentObjectPy.xml b/src/App/DocumentObjectPy.xml
index f15f59399a..d5d54c59e6 100644
--- a/src/App/DocumentObjectPy.xml
+++ b/src/App/DocumentObjectPy.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@
                 <UserDocu>Register an expression for a property</UserDocu>
             </Documentation>
         </Methode>
+        <Methode Name="clearExpression">
+            <Documentation>
+                <UserDocu>Clear the expression for a property</UserDocu>
+            </Documentation>
+        </Methode>
         <Methode Name="evalExpression" Class="true">
             <Documentation>
                 <UserDocu>Evaluate an expression</UserDocu>
diff --git a/src/App/DocumentObjectPyImp.cpp b/src/App/DocumentObjectPyImp.cpp
index 88aec80d87..cd2e01c9c0 100644
--- a/src/App/DocumentObjectPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/App/DocumentObjectPyImp.cpp
@@ -314,21 +314,31 @@ PyObject*  DocumentObjectPy::setExpression(PyObject * args)
 
     App::ObjectIdentifier p(ObjectIdentifier::parse(getDocumentObjectPtr(), path));
 
-    if (Py::Object(expr).isNone())
-        getDocumentObjectPtr()->setExpression(p, std::shared_ptr<Expression>());
+    if (Py::Object(expr).isNone()) {
+        getDocumentObjectPtr()->clearExpression(p);
+        Py_Return;
+    }
     else if (PyUnicode_Check(expr)) {
         const char * exprStr = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(expr);
         std::shared_ptr<Expression> shared_expr(Expression::parse(getDocumentObjectPtr(), exprStr));
-        if(shared_expr && comment)
+        if (shared_expr && comment)
             shared_expr->comment = comment;
 
         getDocumentObjectPtr()->setExpression(p, shared_expr);
+        Py_Return;
     }
-    else if (PyUnicode_Check(expr)) {
-        std::string exprStr = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(expr);
-    }
-    else
-        throw Py::TypeError("String or None expected.");
+
+    throw Py::TypeError("String or None expected.");
+}
+
+PyObject*  DocumentObjectPy::clearExpression(PyObject * args)
+{
+    char * path = nullptr;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &path))
+        return nullptr;
+
+    App::ObjectIdentifier p(ObjectIdentifier::parse(getDocumentObjectPtr(), path));
+    getDocumentObjectPtr()->clearExpression(p);
     Py_Return;
 }