diff --git a/internal/sliceutils/sliceutils.go b/internal/sliceutils/sliceutils.go
index 133591cb03..67981165d5 100644
--- a/internal/sliceutils/sliceutils.go
+++ b/internal/sliceutils/sliceutils.go
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ package sliceutils
 
 import "golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm"
 
-func RemoveFromStrings(slice []string, n int) []string {
-	return append(slice[:n], slice[n+1:]...)
+func RemoveFromStrings(slice []string, indexes ...int) []string {
+	var out []string
+	for i, s := range slice {
+		if !intsContain(indexes, i) {
+			out = append(out, s)
+		}
+	}
+	return out[:len(out)]
 }
 
 func GetInt(slice []int, index int) (int, bool) {
@@ -26,4 +32,13 @@ func IntRangeUncapped(in []int, start, end int) []int {
 		end = len(in)
 	}
 	return in[start:end]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+func intsContain(ns []int, v int) bool {
+	for _, n := range ns {
+		if n == v {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/internal/sliceutils/sliceutils_test.go b/internal/sliceutils/sliceutils_test.go
index 6a4ab67009..36e4c0ed3d 100644
--- a/internal/sliceutils/sliceutils_test.go
+++ b/internal/sliceutils/sliceutils_test.go
@@ -8,26 +8,59 @@ import (
 func TestRemoveFromStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		slice []string
-		n     int
+		ns    []int
 	}
+
+	simpleSlice := []string{"0", "1", "2", "3"}
+	integers := func(ns ...int) []int { return ns }
+
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string
 		args args
 		want []string
 	}{
 		{
-			"Removes Index",
-			args{
-				[]string{"1", "2", "3"},
-				1,
-			},
-			[]string{"1", "3"},
+			"first index",
+			args{simpleSlice, integers(0)},
+			[]string{"1", "2", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			"last index",
+			args{simpleSlice, integers(len(simpleSlice) - 1)},
+			[]string{"0", "1", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			"inner index",
+			args{simpleSlice, integers(1)},
+			[]string{"0", "2", "3"},
+		},
+		{
+			"multiple indexes",
+			args{simpleSlice, integers(1, len(simpleSlice)-1)},
+			[]string{"0", "2"},
+		},
+		{
+			"index too low",
+			args{simpleSlice, integers(-1)},
+			simpleSlice,
+		},
+		{
+			"index too high",
+			args{simpleSlice, integers(42)},
+			simpleSlice,
+		},
+		{
+			"nil indexes",
+			args{simpleSlice, nil},
+			simpleSlice,
 		},
 	}
+
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := RemoveFromStrings(tt.args.slice, tt.args.n); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("RemoveFromStrings() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			got := RemoveFromStrings(tt.args.slice, tt.args.ns...)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("got %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -148,4 +181,4 @@ func TestRange(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		})
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/pkg/projectfile/projectfile.go b/pkg/projectfile/projectfile.go
index 8dae6472b4..d8b810552b 100644
--- a/pkg/projectfile/projectfile.go
+++ b/pkg/projectfile/projectfile.go
@@ -1314,11 +1314,13 @@ func CleanProjectMapping(cfg ConfigGetter) {
 	seen := map[string]bool{}
 
 	for namespace, paths := range projects {
+		var removals []int
 		for i, path := range paths {
 			if !fileutils.DirExists(path) {
-				projects[namespace] = sliceutils.RemoveFromStrings(projects[namespace], i)
+				removals = append(removals, i)
 			}
 		}
+		projects[namespace] = sliceutils.RemoveFromStrings(projects[namespace], removals...)
 		if ok, _ := seen[strings.ToLower(namespace)]; ok || len(projects[namespace]) == 0 {
 			delete(projects, namespace)
 			continue