diff --git a/c_src/wterl.c b/c_src/wterl.c
index 446e48e..5e75998 100644
--- a/c_src/wterl.c
+++ b/c_src/wterl.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static ErlNifFunc nif_funcs[] =
     {"cursor_prev", 1, wterl_cursor_prev},
     {"cursor_prev_key", 1, wterl_cursor_prev_key},
     {"cursor_prev_value", 1, wterl_cursor_prev_value},
-    {"cursor_remove", 3, wterl_cursor_remove},
+    {"cursor_remove", 2, wterl_cursor_remove},
     {"cursor_reset", 1, wterl_cursor_reset},
     {"cursor_search", 2, wterl_cursor_search},
     {"cursor_search_near", 2, wterl_cursor_search_near},
@@ -614,16 +614,21 @@ static inline ERL_NIF_TERM wterl_cursor_data_op(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc, const
     {
         ErlNifBinary key, value;
 	int rc;
-        if (enif_inspect_binary(env, argv[1], &key) && enif_inspect_binary(env, argv[2], &value))
+
+        if (enif_inspect_binary(env, argv[1], &key) &&
+	    (op == WTERL_OP_CURSOR_REMOVE ? 1 : enif_inspect_binary(env, argv[2], &value)))
         {
             WT_CURSOR* cursor = cursor_handle->cursor;
 	    WT_ITEM raw_key, raw_value;
 	    raw_key.data = key.data;
 	    raw_key.size = key.size;
 	    cursor->set_key(cursor, &raw_key);
-	    raw_value.data = value.data;
-	    raw_value.size = value.size;
-	    cursor->set_value(cursor, &raw_value);
+	    if (op != WTERL_OP_CURSOR_REMOVE)
+	    {
+		raw_value.data = value.data;
+		raw_value.size = value.size;
+		cursor->set_value(cursor, &raw_value);
+	    }
 	    switch (op)
             {
 	    case WTERL_OP_CURSOR_INSERT:
diff --git a/src/wterl.erl b/src/wterl.erl
index 9c66da3..61ffa89 100644
--- a/src/wterl.erl
+++ b/src/wterl.erl
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
          cursor_prev/1,
          cursor_prev_key/1,
          cursor_prev_value/1,
-         cursor_remove/3,
+         cursor_remove/2,
          cursor_reset/1,
          cursor_search/2,
          cursor_search_near/2,
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ cursor_insert(_Cursor, _Key, _Value) ->
 cursor_update(_Cursor, _Key, _Value) ->
     ?nif_stub.
 
--spec cursor_remove(cursor(), key(), value()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
-cursor_remove(_Cursor, _Key, _Value) ->
+-spec cursor_remove(cursor(), key()) -> ok | {error, term()}.
+cursor_remove(_Cursor, _Key) ->
     ?nif_stub.
 
 -type fold_keys_fun() :: fun((Key::binary(), any()) -> any()).
@@ -586,13 +586,10 @@ various_cursor_test_() ->
                {"remove an item using a cursor",
                 fun() ->
                         {ok, Cursor} = cursor_open(SRef, "table:test"),
-                        ?assertMatch(ok,
-                                     cursor_remove(Cursor, <<"g">>, <<"goji berries">>)),
-                        ?assertMatch(not_found,
-                                     cursor_remove(Cursor, <<"l">>, <<"lemon">>)),
+                        ?assertMatch(ok, cursor_remove(Cursor, <<"g">>)),
+                        ?assertMatch(not_found, cursor_remove(Cursor, <<"l">>)),
                         ?assertMatch(ok, cursor_close(Cursor)),
-                        ?assertMatch(not_found,
-                                     session_get(SRef, "table:test", <<"g">>))
+                        ?assertMatch(not_found, session_get(SRef, "table:test", <<"g">>))
                 end}]}
      end}.