diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form-operations.service.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form-operations.service.ts
index 25c2ae303d..6ef2fc51b8 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form-operations.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form-operations.service.ts
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ export class SectionFormOperationsService {
             );
           }
         }
-      } else if (!value.hasValue()) {
+      } else if (isNotEmpty(value) && !value.hasValue()) {
         // New value is empty, so dispatch a remove operation
         if (this.getArrayIndexFromEvent(event) === 0) {
           this.operationsBuilder.remove(pathCombiner.getPath(segmentedPath));