Merge pull request #92517 from gaurav1086/mergeMap_remove_map_nil_check

[apimachinery] Remove map nil check before delete in mergeMap

staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/strategicpatch/patch.go

@@ -1321,9 +1321,7 @@ func mergeMap(original, patch map[string]interface{}, schema LookupPatchMeta, me
 		// Preserving the null value is useful when we want to send an explicit
 		// delete to the API server.
 		if patchV == nil {
-			if _, ok := original[k]; ok {
-				delete(original, k)
-			}
+			delete(original, k)
 			if mergeOptions.IgnoreUnmatchedNulls {
 				continue
 			}