diff --git a/src/utils/unset.ts b/src/utils/unset.ts
index 2f777db3ba3..766309b1d02 100644
--- a/src/utils/unset.ts
+++ b/src/utils/unset.ts
@@ -24,41 +24,28 @@ function isEmptyArray(obj: unknown[]) {
   return true;
 }
 
-export default function unset(object: any, path: string) {
-  const updatePath = isKey(path) ? [path] : stringToPath(path);
-  const childObject =
-    updatePath.length == 1 ? object : baseGet(object, updatePath);
-  const key = updatePath[updatePath.length - 1];
-  let previousObjRef;
+export default function unset(object: any, path: string | (string | number)[]) {
+  const paths = Array.isArray(path)
+    ? path
+    : isKey(path)
+    ? [path]
+    : stringToPath(path);
+
+  const childObject = paths.length === 1 ? object : baseGet(object, paths);
+
+  const index = paths.length - 1;
+  const key = paths[index];
 
   if (childObject) {
     delete childObject[key];
   }
 
-  for (let k = 0; k < updatePath.slice(0, -1).length; k++) {
-    let index = -1;
-    let objectRef;
-    const currentPaths = updatePath.slice(0, -(k + 1));
-    const currentPathsLength = currentPaths.length - 1;
-
-    if (k > 0) {
-      previousObjRef = object;
-    }
-
-    while (++index < currentPaths.length) {
-      const item = currentPaths[index];
-      objectRef = objectRef ? objectRef[item] : object[item];
-
-      if (
-        currentPathsLength === index &&
-        ((isObject(objectRef) && isEmptyObject(objectRef)) ||
-          (Array.isArray(objectRef) && isEmptyArray(objectRef)))
-      ) {
-        previousObjRef ? delete previousObjRef[item] : delete object[item];
-      }
-
-      previousObjRef = objectRef;
-    }
+  if (
+    index !== 0 &&
+    ((isObject(childObject) && isEmptyObject(childObject)) ||
+      (Array.isArray(childObject) && isEmptyArray(childObject)))
+  ) {
+    unset(object, paths.slice(0, -1));
   }
 
   return object;