diff --git a/api/filters/replacement/replacement.go b/api/filters/replacement/replacement.go
index a588e1408b..b912826078 100644
--- a/api/filters/replacement/replacement.go
+++ b/api/filters/replacement/replacement.go
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 package replacement
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/internal/utils"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/resource"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/types"
@@ -196,9 +196,12 @@ func copyValueToTarget(target *yaml.RNode, value *yaml.RNode, selector *types.Ta
 			// may return multiple fields, always wrapped in a sequence node
 			foundFieldSequence, lookupErr := target.Pipe(&yaml.PathMatcher{Path: fieldPath})
 			if lookupErr != nil {
-				return errors.WrapPrefix(lookupErr, "error finding field in replacement target", 0)
+				return fmt.Errorf("error finding field in replacement target: %w", lookupErr)
 			}
 			targetFields, err = foundFieldSequence.Elements()
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("error fetching elements in replacement target: %w", err)
+			}
 		}
 
 		for _, t := range targetFields {
diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/fns_test.go b/kyaml/yaml/fns_test.go
index 82583f81c0..e217a07b1b 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/fns_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/fns_test.go
@@ -580,31 +580,6 @@ a: {}
 	assert.Equal(t, "h\n", assertNoErrorString(t)(rn.String()))
 }
 
-// Don't keep this test--it is probably redundant, but clearly shows the problem is not being caused by LookupCreate
-func TestLookupCreate_5(t *testing.T) {
-	doc := `
-spec:
-  template:
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: a
-      - name: b
-      restartPolicy: Always
-`
-	node, err := Parse(doc)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	rn, err := node.Pipe(
-		LookupCreate(yaml.MappingNode, "spec", "template", "spec"))
-
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	expected := `containers:
-- name: a
-- name: b
-restartPolicy: Always
-`
-	assert.Equal(t, expected, assertNoErrorString(t)(rn.String()))
-}
-
 func TestLookup_Fn_create_with_wildcard_error(t *testing.T) {
 	node, err := Parse(s)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)