diff --git a/typed/remove.go b/typed/remove.go
index ac47ccd..78ba6f5 100644
--- a/typed/remove.go
+++ b/typed/remove.go
@@ -84,22 +84,24 @@ func (w *removingWalker) doList(t *schema.List) (errs ValidationErrors) {
 		path, _ := fieldpath.MakePath(pe)
 		// save items on the path when we shouldExtract
 		// but ignore them when we are removing (i.e. !w.shouldExtract)
-		if w.toRemove.Has(path) {
-			if w.shouldExtract {
-				newItems = append(newItems, removeItemsWithSchema(item, w.toRemove, w.schema, t.ElementType, w.shouldExtract).Unstructured())
-			} else {
-				continue
+		isExactPathMatch := w.toRemove.Has(path)
+		isPrefixMatch := !w.toRemove.WithPrefix(pe).Empty()
+		if w.shouldExtract {
+			if isPrefixMatch {
+				item = removeItemsWithSchema(item, w.toRemove.WithPrefix(pe), w.schema, t.ElementType, w.shouldExtract)
+			}
+			if isExactPathMatch || isPrefixMatch {
+				newItems = append(newItems, item.Unstructured())
 			}
-		}
-		if subset := w.toRemove.WithPrefix(pe); !subset.Empty() {
-			item = removeItemsWithSchema(item, subset, w.schema, t.ElementType, w.shouldExtract)
 		} else {
-			// don't save items not on the path when we shouldExtract.
-			if w.shouldExtract {
+			if isExactPathMatch {
 				continue
 			}
+			if isPrefixMatch {
+				item = removeItemsWithSchema(item, w.toRemove.WithPrefix(pe), w.schema, t.ElementType, w.shouldExtract)
+			}
+			newItems = append(newItems, item.Unstructured())
 		}
-		newItems = append(newItems, item.Unstructured())
 	}
 	if len(newItems) > 0 {
 		w.out = newItems
diff --git a/typed/remove_test.go b/typed/remove_test.go
index e82ce68..df59c16 100644
--- a/typed/remove_test.go
+++ b/typed/remove_test.go
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ var associativeAndAtomicSchema = `types:
     - name: atomicMap
       type:
         namedType: myAtomicMap
+    - name: atomicElementList
+      type:
+        namedType: myAtomicElementList
 - name: myList
   list:
     elementType:
@@ -117,9 +120,20 @@ var associativeAndAtomicSchema = `types:
     - id
 - name: myAtomicMap
   map:
+    fields:
+    - name: id
+      type:
+        scalar: string
     elementType:
       scalar: string
     elementRelationship: atomic
+- name: myAtomicElementList
+  list:
+    elementType:
+      namedType: myAtomicMap
+    elementRelationship: associative
+    keys:
+    - id
 - name: mySequence
   list:
     elementType:
@@ -972,6 +986,14 @@ var extractWithKeysCases = []extractWithKeysTestCase{{
 				"list": []interface{}{nil},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			// extract atomic element from associative list
+			object: `{"atomicElementList":[{"id":"test-123","data":"value","extra":"field"}]}`,
+			set: _NS(
+				_P("atomicElementList", _KBF("id", "test-123")),
+			),
+			wantOutput: typed.YAMLObject(`{"atomicElementList":[{"id":"test-123","data":"value","extra":"field"}]}`),
+		},
 	},
 }}