diff --git a/lib/plugins/plugin/uninstall/uninstall.js b/lib/plugins/plugin/uninstall/uninstall.js
index 83cc76f03..6ae271b9e 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/plugin/uninstall/uninstall.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/plugin/uninstall/uninstall.js
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ class PluginUninstall {
             _.pull(plugins, this.options.pluginName);
             if (_.isEmpty(plugins)) {
               if (isArrayPluginsObject) {
-                _.unset(serverlessFileObj, 'plugins');
+                delete serverlessFileObj.plugins;
               } else {
-                _.unset(serverlessFileObj.plugins, 'modules');
+                delete serverlessFileObj.plugins.modules;
               }
             }
             return fse.writeJson(serverlessFilePath, serverlessFileObj);
diff --git a/lib/utils/yamlAstParser.js b/lib/utils/yamlAstParser.js
index 020fb808a..e90b1fa43 100644
--- a/lib/utils/yamlAstParser.js
+++ b/lib/utils/yamlAstParser.js
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ const removeExistingArrayItem = (ymlFile, pathInYml, removeValue) =>
       _.pull(arrayProperty, removeValue);
 
       if (_.isEmpty(arrayProperty)) {
-        _.unset(currentNode, arrayPropertyName);
+        delete currentNode[arrayPropertyName];
         pathInObjectTree.push(currentNode);
         for (let i = pathInObjectTree.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
           if (Object.keys(pathInObjectTree[i]).length > 0) {
             break;
           }
-          _.unset(pathInObjectTree[i - 1], pathInYmlArray[i - 1]);
+          delete pathInObjectTree[i - 1][pathInYmlArray[i - 1]];
         }
       }