diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/MiniYaml.cs b/OpenRA.Game/MiniYaml.cs
index 80b663edba..03ae4c6ecd 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/MiniYaml.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/MiniYaml.cs
@@ -275,7 +275,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 				resolved.Add(kv.Key, new MiniYaml(kv.Value.Value, children));
 			}
 
-			return resolved.Select(kv => new MiniYamlNode(kv.Key, kv.Value)).ToList();
+			// Resolve any top-level removals (e.g. removing whole actor blocks)
+			var nodes = new MiniYaml("", resolved.Select(kv => new MiniYamlNode(kv.Key, kv.Value)).ToList());
+			return ResolveInherits("", nodes, tree, new Dictionary<string, MiniYamlNode.SourceLocation>());
 		}
 
 		static void MergeIntoResolved(MiniYamlNode overrideNode, List<MiniYamlNode> existingNodes,