diff --git a/d2oracle/edit.go b/d2oracle/edit.go
index 827942d7e..93a5e9f68 100644
--- a/d2oracle/edit.go
+++ b/d2oracle/edit.go
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ func deleteReserved(g *d2graph.Graph, boardPath []string, baseAST *d2ast.Map, mk
 	if len(mk.Edges) == 1 {
 		if mk.Key != nil {
 			var ok bool
-			obj, ok = g.Root.HasChild(d2graph.Key(mk.Key))
+			obj, ok = obj.HasChild(d2graph.Key(mk.Key))
 			if !ok {
 				return g, nil
 			}
diff --git a/d2oracle/edit_test.go b/d2oracle/edit_test.go
index 072eac68d..ad9c8026a 100644
--- a/d2oracle/edit_test.go
+++ b/d2oracle/edit_test.go
@@ -7759,6 +7759,41 @@ layers: {
     a
   }
 }
+`,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "edge-out-layer",
+
+			text: `x: {
+	a -> b
+}
+`,
+			key: `x.(a -> b)[0].style.stroke`,
+			exp: `x: {
+  a -> b
+}
+`,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "edge-in-layer",
+
+			text: `layers: {
+  test: {
+    x: {
+			a -> b
+    }
+  }
+}
+`,
+			boardPath: []string{"test"},
+			key:       `x.(a -> b)[0].style.stroke`,
+			exp: `layers: {
+  test: {
+    x: {
+      a -> b
+    }
+  }
+}
 `,
 		},
 	}
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new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ca8459d9
--- /dev/null
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new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f71127261
--- /dev/null
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