diff --git a/extras/tests/JsonVariant/memoryUsage.cpp b/extras/tests/JsonVariant/memoryUsage.cpp
index 486772c8..5c18b906 100644
--- a/extras/tests/JsonVariant/memoryUsage.cpp
+++ b/extras/tests/JsonVariant/memoryUsage.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ TEST_CASE("JsonVariant::memoryUsage()") {
     REQUIRE(var.memoryUsage() == doc.memoryUsage());
   }
 
-  SECTION("ignore size of link document") {
+  SECTION("ignore size of linked document") {
     StaticJsonDocument<128> doc2;
     doc2["hello"] = "world";
     var.link(doc2);
diff --git a/extras/tests/JsonVariant/remove.cpp b/extras/tests/JsonVariant/remove.cpp
index c744e19b..adaa0761 100644
--- a/extras/tests/JsonVariant/remove.cpp
+++ b/extras/tests/JsonVariant/remove.cpp
@@ -39,4 +39,24 @@ TEST_CASE("JsonVariant::remove()") {
 
     REQUIRE(var.as<std::string>() == "{\"a\":1}");
   }
+
+  SECTION("linked array") {
+    StaticJsonDocument<128> doc2;
+    doc2[0] = 42;
+    var.link(doc2);
+
+    var.remove(0);
+
+    CHECK(var.as<std::string>() == "[42]");
+  }
+
+  SECTION("linked object") {
+    StaticJsonDocument<128> doc2;
+    doc2["hello"] = "world";
+    var.link(doc2);
+
+    var.remove("hello");
+
+    CHECK(var.as<std::string>() == "{\"hello\":\"world\"}");
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
index 85adabd2..7bbe746f 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantData.hpp
@@ -177,13 +177,13 @@ class VariantData {
   }
 
   void remove(size_t index) {
-    if (isArray())
+    if (isArrayStrict())
       _content.asCollection.removeElement(index);
   }
 
   template <typename TAdaptedString>
   void remove(TAdaptedString key) {
-    if (isObject())
+    if (isObjectStrict())
       _content.asCollection.removeMember(key);
   }