diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a17ef8f3fb..9e9454fd99 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 
 4.2.1.0 (not yet released)
 - bug #4380 Cannot display table structure with enums containing special characters 
+- bug #4381 Cannot remove the last remembered sorted column
 
 4.2.0.0 (not yet released)
 + rfe #1403 Export only triggers
diff --git a/js/columndelete.js b/js/columndelete.js
index 8282e9bb31..4dead77444 100644
--- a/js/columndelete.js
+++ b/js/columndelete.js
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ function redirect(target, parent)
         var head = URL['head'];
         head = head.slice(0,head.indexOf('ORDER+BY')); 
         URL['head'] = head;
+        // removing the last sort order should have priority over what 
+        // is remembered via the RememberSorting directive
+        URL['tail'] += '&discard_remembered_sort=1';
     }
     var middle_part = columns.join('%2C+');  
     url = URL['head'] + middle_part + URL['tail'];  
diff --git a/libraries/Table.class.php b/libraries/Table.class.php
index 001a760e7b..fe4369e220 100644
--- a/libraries/Table.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Table.class.php
@@ -1606,6 +1606,9 @@ class PMA_Table
         // do checking based on property
         if ($property == self::PROP_SORTED_COLUMN) {
             if (isset($this->uiprefs[$property])) {
+                if (isset($_REQUEST['discard_remembered_sort'])) {
+                    $this->removeUiProp(self::PROP_SORTED_COLUMN);
+                }
                 // check if the column name exists in this table
                 $tmp = explode(' ', $this->uiprefs[$property]);
                 $colname = $tmp[0];