diff --git a/v2/pkg/operators/operators.go b/v2/pkg/operators/operators.go
index 4cc4e6f99..5ba2a7548 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/operators/operators.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/operators/operators.go
@@ -167,12 +167,6 @@ func (r *Result) Merge(result *Result) {
 			r.OutputExtracts = append(r.OutputExtracts, v)
 		}
 	}
-	for _, v := range result.OutputExtracts {
-		if _, ok := r.outputUnique[v]; !ok {
-			r.outputUnique[v] = struct{}{}
-			r.OutputExtracts = append(r.OutputExtracts, v)
-		}
-	}
 	for k, v := range result.DynamicValues {
 		r.DynamicValues[k] = v
 	}
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/file/request.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/file/request.go
index 20feece3a..cbc655dbe 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/file/request.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/file/request.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (request *Request) processFile(filePath, input string, previousInternalEven
 func (request *Request) processReader(reader io.Reader, filePath, input, totalBytesString string, previousInternalEvent output.InternalEvent) (*output.InternalWrappedEvent, []FileMatch, error) {
 	fileReader := io.LimitReader(reader, request.maxSize)
 	fileMatches, opResult := request.findMatchesWithReader(fileReader, input, filePath, totalBytesString, previousInternalEvent)
-	if len(fileMatches) == 0 || opResult == nil {
+	if opResult == nil && len(fileMatches) == 0 {
 		return nil, nil, emptyResultErr
 	}