diff --git a/emeis/core/migrations/0009_alter_scope_parent.py b/emeis/core/migrations/0009_alter_scope_parent.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..311c3f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emeis/core/migrations/0009_alter_scope_parent.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.12 on 2022-04-21 07:24
+
+from django.db import migrations
+import django.db.models.deletion
+import mptt.fields
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("emeis_core", "0008_scope_is_active"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="scope",
+            name="parent",
+            field=mptt.fields.TreeForeignKey(
+                blank=True,
+                null=True,
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                related_name="children",
+                to="emeis_core.scope",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/emeis/core/models.py b/emeis/core/models.py
index 1dc2ad0e..5d82811c 100644
--- a/emeis/core/models.py
+++ b/emeis/core/models.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class Scope(MPTTModel, UUIDModel):
     )
     parent = TreeForeignKey(
         "self",
-        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
         null=True,
         blank=True,
         related_name="children",
diff --git a/emeis/core/tests/test_models.py b/emeis/core/tests/test_models.py
index 9346085f..8a86bfd2 100644
--- a/emeis/core/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/emeis/core/tests/test_models.py
@@ -42,6 +42,22 @@ def test_scope_model(db):
         parent_scope.save()
 
 
+def test_scope_deletion(db, scope_factory):
+    root = scope_factory()  # not deleted
+    child = scope_factory(parent=root)
+    grandchild = scope_factory(parent=child)
+    scope_factory(parent=grandchild)
+    scope_factory(parent=grandchild)
+
+    other_child = scope_factory(parent=root)  # not deleted
+    scope_factory(parent=other_child)  # not deleted
+
+    child.delete()
+
+    assert Scope.objects.count() == 3
+    assert list(Scope.objects.root_nodes()) == [root]
+
+
 def test_can_authenticate(db, user):
     # Test whether the authentication mechanism works correctly
     user.set_password("test_password")