diff --git a/pkg/meta/meta.go b/pkg/meta/meta.go
index ac729b7f2..1e14c4176 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/meta.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/meta.go
@@ -190,11 +190,9 @@ func AddFinalizer(o metav1.Object, finalizer string) {
 // RemoveFinalizer from the supplied Kubernetes object's metadata.
 func RemoveFinalizer(o metav1.Object, finalizer string) {
 	f := o.GetFinalizers()
-	for i, e := range f {
-		if e == finalizer {
-			f = append(f[:i], f[i+1:]...)
-		}
-	}
+	f = slices.DeleteFunc(f, func(e string) bool {
+		return e == finalizer
+	})
 
 	o.SetFinalizers(f)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/meta/meta_test.go b/pkg/meta/meta_test.go
index e68034421..7bc249011 100644
--- a/pkg/meta/meta_test.go
+++ b/pkg/meta/meta_test.go
@@ -538,6 +538,28 @@ func TestRemoveFinalizer(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			want: []string{funalizer},
 		},
+		"DuplicateFinalizersExist": {
+			args: args{
+				o: &corev1.Pod{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Finalizers: []string{finalizer, finalizer},
+					},
+				},
+				finalizer: finalizer,
+			},
+			want: []string{},
+		},
+		"DuplicateFinalizersWithOther": {
+			args: args{
+				o: &corev1.Pod{
+					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+						Finalizers: []string{finalizer, funalizer, finalizer},
+					},
+				},
+				finalizer: finalizer,
+			},
+			want: []string{funalizer},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, tc := range cases {