diff --git a/docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/docs/Main.java b/docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/docs/Main.java
index e3047f65fb..8d8409d164 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/docs/Main.java
+++ b/docs/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/docs/Main.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.contract.docs;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -93,33 +94,35 @@ public class Main {
 		mapper.disable(YAMLGenerator.Feature.WRITE_DOC_START_MARKER);
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 		for (Class metadatum : metadata) {
+			Constructor constructor = null;
 			try {
-				SpringCloudContractMetadata newInstance = (SpringCloudContractMetadata) metadatum
-						.getDeclaredConstructor(null).newInstance();
-				String description = newInstance.description();
-				String key = newInstance.key();
-				List<Class> additionalClasses = classesToLookAt(metadatum, newInstance);
-				// @formatter:off
-				sb
-						.append("[[metadata-").append(key).append("]]\n")
-						.append("##### Metadata `").append(key).append("`\n\n")
-						.append("* key: `").append(key).append("`").append("\n")
-						.append("* description:\n\n").append(description).append("\n\n")
-						.append("Example:\n\n")
-						.append("```yaml\n").append(mapper.writeValueAsString(newInstance)).append("\n```\n\n")
-						// To make the schema collapsable
-						.append("+++ <details><summary> +++\nClick here to expand the JSON schema:\n+++ </summary><div> +++\n")
-						.append("```json\n").append(generateJsonSchemaForClass(metadatum)).append("\n```\n")
-						.append("+++ </div></details> +++\n\n")
-						.append("If you are interested in learning more about the types and its properties, check out the following classes:\n\n")
-						.append(additionalClasses.stream().map(aClass -> "* `" + aClass.getName() + "`").collect(Collectors.joining("\n")))
-						.append("\n\n");
-				// @formatter:on
+				constructor = metadatum.getDeclaredConstructor(null);
 			}
-			catch (Exception exception) {
-				log.error("Exception occurred while trying to parse [" + metadatum + "]");
-				throw exception;
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				log.warn("Failed to find a no-args constructor for matadatum [" + metadatum + "]", ex);
+				continue;
 			}
+			Object instance = constructor.newInstance();
+			SpringCloudContractMetadata newInstance = (SpringCloudContractMetadata) instance;
+			String description = newInstance.description();
+			String key = newInstance.key();
+			List<Class> additionalClasses = classesToLookAt(metadatum, newInstance);
+			// @formatter:off
+			sb
+					.append("[[metadata-").append(key).append("]]\n")
+					.append("##### Metadata `").append(key).append("`\n\n")
+					.append("* key: `").append(key).append("`").append("\n")
+					.append("* description:\n\n").append(description).append("\n\n")
+					.append("Example:\n\n")
+					.append("```yaml\n").append(mapper.writeValueAsString(newInstance)).append("\n```\n\n")
+					// To make the schema collapsable
+					.append("+++ <details><summary> +++\nClick here to expand the JSON schema:\n+++ </summary><div> +++\n")
+					.append("```json\n").append(generateJsonSchemaForClass(metadatum)).append("\n```\n")
+					.append("+++ </div></details> +++\n\n")
+					.append("If you are interested in learning more about the types and its properties, check out the following classes:\n\n")
+					.append(additionalClasses.stream().map(aClass -> "* `" + aClass.getName() + "`").collect(Collectors.joining("\n")))
+					.append("\n\n");
+			// @formatter:on
 		}
 		return sb;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/JsonToJsonPathsConverter.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/JsonToJsonPathsConverter.groovy
index 82a8f8f776..b7c3a3ba1b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/JsonToJsonPathsConverter.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/util/JsonToJsonPathsConverter.groovy
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.ExecutionProperty
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.MatchingType
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.OptionalProperty
 import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.internal.RegexProperty
-import org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.config.ContractVerifierConfigProperties
 import org.springframework.util.SerializationUtils
-
 /**
  * I would like to apologize to anyone who is reading this class. Since JSON is a hectic structure
  * this class is also hectic. The idea is to traverse the JSON structure and build a set of
@@ -157,7 +155,6 @@ class JsonToJsonPathsConverter {
 					containsOnlyEmptyElements(object)
 					&& isNotRootArray(matcherPath)) {
 				String pathToDelete = pathToDelete(pathWithoutAnyArray)
-				context.delete(pathToDelete)
 				if (pathToDelete.contains(DESCENDANT_OPERATOR)) {
 					Object root = context.read('$')
 					if (rootContainsEmptyContainers(root)) {
@@ -166,6 +163,8 @@ class JsonToJsonPathsConverter {
 						return false
 					}
 					return false
+				} else {
+					context.delete(pathToDelete)
 				}
 				return removeTrailingContainers(pathToDelete, context)
 			}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
index 438ac76587..ffdb6d08d2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/builder/MethodBodyBuilderSpec.groovy
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@
 package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.builder
 
 import org.junit.Rule
-import org.spockframework.runtime.extension.builtin.PreconditionContext
-import spock.lang.Ignore
-import spock.lang.IgnoreIf
 import spock.lang.Issue
-import spock.lang.Retry
 import spock.lang.Shared
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
@@ -1763,7 +1759,6 @@ response:
 			}
 	}
 
-	@Ignore
 	@Issue("#1414")
 	def "should work with empty arrays after doing array matching [#methodBuilderName]"() {
 		given: