diff --git a/src/babel/traversal/path.js b/src/babel/traversal/path.js
index e7f42143d7..8456065d2b 100644
--- a/src/babel/traversal/path.js
+++ b/src/babel/traversal/path.js
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ export default class TraversalPath {
   }
 
   setContext(parentPath, context, key) {
-    this.shouldRemove = false;
-    this.shouldSkip   = false;
-    this.shouldStop   = false;
+    this.shouldSkip = false;
+    this.shouldStop = false;
 
     this.parentPath = parentPath || this.parentPath;
     this.context    = context;
@@ -71,11 +70,6 @@ export default class TraversalPath {
   }
 
   remove() {
-    this.shouldRemove = true;
-    this.shouldSkip   = true;
-  }
-
-  _remove() {
     this._refresh(this.node, []);
     this.container[this.key] = null;
     this.flatten();
@@ -159,10 +153,6 @@ export default class TraversalPath {
     if (replacement) {
       this.node = replacement;
     }
-
-    if (this.shouldRemove) {
-      this._remove();
-    }
   }
 
   isBlacklisted() {