diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20231010/AbstractDocking.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20231010/AbstractDocking.cs
index daec80b914..4b809d581b 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20231010/AbstractDocking.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20231010/AbstractDocking.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UpdateRules.Rules
 					harvesters[actorNode.Key] = harvesterNode.ChildrenMatching("DeliveryBuildings", includeRemovals: false)
 						.FirstOrDefault()?.NodeValue<HashSet<string>>() ?? [];
 
-				if (actorNode.ChildrenMatching("Refinery", includeRemovals: false).Any())
+				if (actorNode.HasChild("Refinery"))
 					refineries.Add(actorNode.Key.ToLowerInvariant());
 			}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20231010/ReplaceCloakPalette.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20231010/ReplaceCloakPalette.cs
index 900ace0580..3f54e14f18 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20231010/ReplaceCloakPalette.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/Rules/20231010/ReplaceCloakPalette.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UpdateRules.Rules
 		{
 			foreach (var actor in resolvedActors)
 				foreach (var cloak in actor.ChildrenMatching("Cloak"))
-					if (cloak.LastChildMatching("Palette", false) == null)
+					if (cloak.HasChild("Palette"))
 						actorsWithDefault.Add((actor.Key, cloak.Key));
 
 			yield break;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdateUtils.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdateUtils.cs
index bee70b777b..5c6c654b4b 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdateUtils.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/UpdateRules/UpdateUtils.cs
@@ -471,6 +471,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.UpdateRules
 			return node.Value.Nodes.Where(n => n.KeyMatches(match, ignoreSuffix, includeRemovals));
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>Returns true if node exists and is not being removed.</summary>
+		public static bool HasChild(
+			this MiniYamlNodeBuilder node, string match, bool ignoreSuffix = true)
+		{
+			return ChildrenMatching(node, match, ignoreSuffix).LastOrDefault()?.IsRemoval() == false;
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>Returns children whose keys contain 'match' (optionally in the suffix).</summary>
 		public static IEnumerable<MiniYamlNodeBuilder> ChildrenContaining(
 			this MiniYamlNodeBuilder node, string match, bool ignoreSuffix = true, bool includeRemovals = true)