diff --git a/src/shared/getComponentOption.js b/src/shared/getComponentOption.js
index 5cdfe1ff..1df2c0eb 100644
--- a/src/shared/getComponentOption.js
+++ b/src/shared/getComponentOption.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import deepmerge from 'deepmerge'
-import isArray from './isArray'
 
 /**
  * Returns the `opts.option` $option value of the given `opts.component`.
@@ -25,10 +24,16 @@ export default function getComponentOption (opts, result = {}) {
   if (typeof $options[option] !== 'undefined' && $options[option] !== null) {
     let data = $options[option]
 
-    if (isArray(data)) {
-      result = data.reduce((result, dataItem) => mergeDataInResult(dataItem, result, component, arrayMerge), result)
+    // if option is a function, replace it with it's result
+    if (typeof data === 'function') {
+      data = data.call(component)
+    }
+
+    if (typeof data === 'object') {
+      // merge with existing options
+      result = deepmerge(result, data, { arrayMerge })
     } else {
-      result = mergeDataInResult(data, result, component, arrayMerge)
+      result = data
     }
   }
 
@@ -62,16 +67,3 @@ export default function getComponentOption (opts, result = {}) {
   }
   return result
 }
-
-function mergeDataInResult (data, result, component, arrayMerge) {
-  // if option is a function, replace it with it's result
-  if (typeof data === 'function') {
-    data = data.call(component)
-  }
-
-  if (typeof data === 'object') {
-    // merge with existing options
-    return deepmerge(result, data, { arrayMerge })
-  }
-  return data
-}
diff --git a/src/shared/plugin.js b/src/shared/plugin.js
index 18920a8a..1c34e9a3 100644
--- a/src/shared/plugin.js
+++ b/src/shared/plugin.js
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ export default function VueMeta (Vue, options = {}) {
   // bind the $meta method to this component instance
   Vue.prototype.$meta = $meta(options)
 
-  // define optionMergeStrategies for the keyName
-  Vue.config.optionMergeStrategies[options.keyName] = Vue.config.optionMergeStrategies.created
-
   // store an id to keep track of DOM updates
   let batchID = null
 
diff --git a/test/getComponentOption.spec.js b/test/getComponentOption.spec.js
index 103e86c8..af2e2a91 100644
--- a/test/getComponentOption.spec.js
+++ b/test/getComponentOption.spec.js
@@ -43,77 +43,20 @@ describe('getComponentOption', () => {
     expect(mergedOption).to.eql({ bar: 'baz', fizz: 'buzz' })
   })
 
-  it('allows for a custom array merge strategy in object literal', () => {
+  it('allows for a custom array merge strategy', () => {
     Vue.component('array-child', {
       template: '<div></div>',
-      foo: {
-        flowers: [
-          { name: 'flower', content: 'rose' }
-        ]
-      }
-    })
-
-    component = new Vue({
-      render: (h) => h('div', null, [h('array-child')]),
-      foo: {
-        flowers: [
-          { name: 'flower', content: 'tulip' }
-        ]
-      },
-      el: container
-    })
-
-    const mergedOption = getComponentOption({
-      component,
-      option: 'foo',
-      deep: true,
-      arrayMerge (target, source) {
-        return target.concat(source)
-      }
-    })
-
-    expect(mergedOption).to.eql({
-      flowers: [
-        { name: 'flower', content: 'tulip' },
+      foo: [
         { name: 'flower', content: 'rose' }
       ]
     })
-  })
-
-  it('merges arrays of objects literal options', () => {
-    component = new Vue({ someOption: [{ foo: 'hello' }, { bar: 'there' }] })
-
-    const mergedOption = getComponentOption({ component, option: 'someOption' })
-    expect(mergedOption).to.eql({ foo: 'hello', bar: 'there' })
-  })
 
-  it('merges arrays of mixed object literals and functions', () => {
     component = new Vue({
-      cake: 'good',
-      desserts: [
-        { yogurt: 'meh' },
-        function someFunction () {
-          return { cake: this.$options.cake }
-        },
-        function someOtherFunction () {
-          return { pineapple: 'not bad' }
-        }
-      ]
-    })
-
-    const mergedOption = getComponentOption({ component, option: 'desserts' })
-    expect(mergedOption).to.eql({ yogurt: 'meh', cake: 'good', pineapple: 'not bad' })
-  })
-
-  it('uses custom array merge strategy when merging arrays in arrays of options', () => {
-    component = new Vue({
-      template: '<div></div>',
+      render: (h) => h('div', null, [h('array-child')]),
       foo: [
-        { cars: [{ brand: 'renault', color: 'red' }] },
-        function someFunction () {
-          return { cars: [{ brand: 'peugeot', color: 'blue' }] }
-        }
-      ]
+        { name: 'flower', content: 'tulip' }
+      ],
+      el: container
     })
 
     const mergedOption = getComponentOption({
@@ -125,11 +68,9 @@ describe('getComponentOption', () => {
       }
     })
 
-    expect(mergedOption).to.eql({
-      cars: [
-        { brand: 'renault', color: 'red' },
-        { brand: 'peugeot', color: 'blue' }
-      ]
-    })
+    expect(mergedOption).to.eql([
+      { name: 'flower', content: 'tulip' },
+      { name: 'flower', content: 'rose' }
+    ])
   })
 })
diff --git a/test/getMetaInfo.spec.js b/test/getMetaInfo.spec.js
index e24ea07a..e72ab33c 100644
--- a/test/getMetaInfo.spec.js
+++ b/test/getMetaInfo.spec.js
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ const defaultOptions = {
 
 const getMetaInfo = _getMetaInfo(defaultOptions)
 
-// define optionMergeStrategies for the keyName
-Vue.config.optionMergeStrategies[VUE_META_KEY_NAME] = Vue.config.optionMergeStrategies.created
-
 describe('getMetaInfo', () => {
   // const container = document.createElement('div')
   let component
@@ -533,92 +530,4 @@ describe('getMetaInfo', () => {
       __dangerouslyDisableSanitizersByTagID: {}
     })
   })
-
-  it('properly merges mixins options', () => {
-    const mixin1 = {
-      metaInfo: function () {
-        return {
-          title: 'This title will be overridden',
-          meta: [
-            {
-              vmid: 'og:title',
-              property: 'og:title',
-              content: 'This title will be overridden'
-            },
-            {
-              vmid: 'og:fromMixin1',
-              property: 'og:fromMixin1',
-              content: 'This is from mixin1'
-            }
-          ]
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    const mixin2 = {
-      metaInfo: {
-        meta: [
-          {
-            vmid: 'og:fromMixin2',
-            property: 'og:fromMixin2',
-            content: 'This is from mixin2'
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    }
-    const component = new Vue({
-      mixins: [mixin1, mixin2],
-      metaInfo: {
-        title: 'New Title',
-        meta: [
-          {
-            vmid: 'og:title',
-            property: 'og:title',
-            content: 'New Title! - My page'
-          },
-          {
-            vmid: 'og:description',
-            property: 'og:description',
-            content: 'Some Description'
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    })
-    expect(getMetaInfo(component)).to.eql({
-      title: 'New Title',
-      titleChunk: 'New Title',
-      titleTemplate: '%s',
-      htmlAttrs: {},
-      headAttrs: {},
-      bodyAttrs: {},
-      meta: [
-        {
-          vmid: 'og:fromMixin1',
-          property: 'og:fromMixin1',
-          content: 'This is from mixin1'
-        },
-        {
-          vmid: 'og:fromMixin2',
-          property: 'og:fromMixin2',
-          content: 'This is from mixin2'
-        },
-        {
-          vmid: 'og:title',
-          property: 'og:title',
-          content: 'New Title! - My page'
-        },
-        {
-          vmid: 'og:description',
-          property: 'og:description',
-          content: 'Some Description'
-        }
-      ],
-      base: [],
-      link: [],
-      style: [],
-      script: [],
-      noscript: [],
-      __dangerouslyDisableSanitizers: [],
-      __dangerouslyDisableSanitizersByTagID: {}
-    })
-  })
 })
diff --git a/test/plugin.spec.js b/test/plugin.spec.js
index cac00400..aa8d080c 100644
--- a/test/plugin.spec.js
+++ b/test/plugin.spec.js
@@ -30,9 +30,4 @@ describe('plugin', () => {
     const vm = new Vue(Component).$mount()
     expect(vm._hasMetaInfo).to.equal(true)
   })
-
-  it('setup optionMergeStrategies for the keyName', () => {
-    const strats = Vue.config.optionMergeStrategies
-    expect(strats[VUE_META_KEY_NAME]).to.equal(strats.created)
-  })
 })