diff --git a/dist/core/abstract-resume.js b/dist/core/abstract-resume.js
index cca2655..b2227bf 100644
--- a/dist/core/abstract-resume.js
+++ b/dist/core/abstract-resume.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Definition of the AbstractResume class.
       ignoreList = [];
       privateList = [];
       includePrivates = (opts != null ? opts["private"] : void 0) == null ? true : opts != null ? opts["private"] : void 0;
-      scrubbed = traverse(rep).map(function(x) {
+      scrubbed = traverse(rep).map(function() {
         if (!this.isLeaf) {
           if (this.node.ignore === true || this.node.ignore === 'true') {
             ignoreList.push(this.node);
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ Definition of the AbstractResume class.
             this["delete"]();
           }
         }
+        if (_.isArray(this.node)) {
+          this.after(function() {
+            this.update(_.compact(this.node));
+          });
+        }
       });
       return {
         scrubbed: scrubbed,
diff --git a/src/core/abstract-resume.coffee b/src/core/abstract-resume.coffee
index 86b0e0f..575f846 100644
--- a/src/core/abstract-resume.coffee
+++ b/src/core/abstract-resume.coffee
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class AbstractResume
     privateList = []
     includePrivates = if not opts?.private? then true else opts?.private
 
-    scrubbed = traverse( rep ).map ( x ) ->
+    scrubbed = traverse( rep ).map () -> # [^1]
       if !@isLeaf
         if @node.ignore == true || @node.ignore == 'true'
           ignoreList.push @node
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ class AbstractResume
         else if (@node.private == true || @node.private == 'true') && !includePrivates
           privateList.push @node
           @delete()
+      if _.isArray(@node) # [^2]
+        @after () ->
+          @update _.compact this.node
+          return
       return
 
     scrubbed: scrubbed
@@ -80,3 +84,15 @@ class AbstractResume
     privateList: privateList
 
 module.exports = AbstractResume
+
+
+# [^1]: As of this writing, the NPM traverse library has a quirk when attempting
+# to remove array elements directly using traverse's `this.remove`. See:
+#
+# https://github.com/substack/js-traverse/issues/48
+#
+# [^2]: The workaround is to use traverse's 'this.delete' to nullify the value
+# first, followed by removal with something like _.compact.
+#
+# https://github.com/substack/js-traverse/issues/48#issuecomment-142607200
+#