diff --git a/src/wp-includes/meta-functions.php b/src/wp-includes/meta-functions.php
index be7ad5b65a..29cf291f92 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/meta-functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/meta-functions.php
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ function metadata_exists( $meta_type, $object_id, $meta_key ) {
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
- * @param string $meta_type Type of object metadata is for (e.g., comment, post, or user)
+ * @param string $meta_type Type of object metadata is for (e.g., comment, post, meta, or user).
  * @param int    $meta_id   ID for a specific meta row
  * @return object|false Meta object or false.
  */
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ function update_metadata_by_mid( $meta_type, $meta_id, $meta_value, $meta_key =
  *
  * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  *
- * @param string $meta_type Type of object metadata is for (e.g., comment, post, or user)
+ * @param string $meta_type Type of object metadata is for (e.g., comment, post, term, or user).
  * @param int    $meta_id   ID for a specific meta row
  * @return bool True on successful delete, false on failure.
  */
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php
index 174fe7427d..035f18b0d4 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php
@@ -2054,6 +2054,8 @@ function wp_delete_object_term_relationships( $object_id, $taxonomies ) {
  * If the term is a parent of other terms, then the children will be updated to
  * that term's parent.
  *
+ * Metadata associated with the term will be deleted.
+ *
  * The `$args` 'default' will only override the terms found, if there is only one
  * term found. Any other and the found terms are used.
  *
@@ -2172,6 +2174,11 @@ function wp_delete_term( $term, $taxonomy, $args = array() ) {
 	foreach ( $tax_object->object_type as $object_type )
 		clean_object_term_cache( $objects, $object_type );
 
+	$term_meta_ids = $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT meta_id FROM $wpdb->termmeta WHERE term_id = %d ", $term ) );
+	foreach ( $term_meta_ids as $mid ) {
+		delete_metadata_by_mid( 'term', $mid );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Fires immediately before a term taxonomy ID is deleted.
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/meta.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/meta.php
index 6c34cab918..f6c7b903bf 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/meta.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/meta.php
@@ -381,6 +381,24 @@ class Tests_Term_Meta extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertSame( 'ambiguous_term_id', $found->get_error_code() );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 34626
+	 */
+	public function test_term_meta_should_be_deleted_when_term_is_deleted() {
+		$t = self::factory()->term->create( array( 'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax' ) );
+
+		add_term_meta( $t, 'foo', 'bar' );
+		add_term_meta( $t, 'foo1', 'bar' );
+
+		$this->assertSame( 'bar', get_term_meta( $t, 'foo', true ) );
+		$this->assertSame( 'bar', get_term_meta( $t, 'foo1', true ) );
+
+		$this->assertTrue( wp_delete_term( $t, 'wptests_tax' ) );
+
+		$this->assertSame( '', get_term_meta( $t, 'foo', true ) );
+		$this->assertSame( '', get_term_meta( $t, 'foo1', true ) );
+	}
+
 	public static function set_cache_results( $q ) {
 		$q->set( 'cache_results', true );
 	}