diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/static/gis/js/OLMapWidget.js b/django/contrib/gis/static/gis/js/OLMapWidget.js
index 29725636a3..2395e4d7dd 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/static/gis/js/OLMapWidget.js
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/static/gis/js/OLMapWidget.js
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ ol.inherits(GeometryTypeControl, ol.control.Control);
         if (initial_value && !this.options.is_collection) {
             this.disableDrawing();
         }
+        const clearNode = document.getElementById(this.map.getTarget()).nextElementSibling;
+        if (clearNode.classList.contains('clear_features')) {
+            clearNode.querySelector('a').addEventListener('click', (ev) => {
+                ev.preventDefault();
+                self.clearFeatures();
+            });
+        }
         this.ready = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/templates/gis/openlayers.html b/django/contrib/gis/templates/gis/openlayers.html
index 90ecf1b44b..128654d5aa 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/templates/gis/openlayers.html
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/templates/gis/openlayers.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 <div id="{{ id }}_div_map">
     <div id="{{ id }}_map"></div>
-    {% if not disabled %}<span class="clear_features"><a href="javascript:{{ module }}.clearFeatures()">{% translate "Delete all Features" %}</a></span>{% endif %}
+    {% if not disabled %}<span class="clear_features"><a href="">{% translate "Delete all Features" %}</a></span>{% endif %}
     {% if display_raw %}<p>{% translate "Debugging window (serialized value)" %}</p>{% endif %}
     <textarea id="{{ id }}" class="vSerializedField required" cols="150" rows="10" name="{{ name }}">{{ serialized }}</textarea>
     <script>