diff --git a/kyaml/setters2/delete.go b/kyaml/setters2/delete.go
index f4feaed44..814d39624 100644
--- a/kyaml/setters2/delete.go
+++ b/kyaml/setters2/delete.go
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ func (d *Delete) visitSequence(_ *yaml.RNode, _ string, _ *openapi.ResourceSchem
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (d *Delete) visitMapping(_ *yaml.RNode, _ string, _ *openapi.ResourceSchema) error {
+	// no-op
+	return nil
+}
+
 // visitScalar implements visitor
 // visitScalar will remove the reference on each scalar field whose name matches.
 func (d *Delete) visitScalar(object *yaml.RNode, p string, _ *openapi.ResourceSchema) error {