remove CoilCoolingWater from .OSM without leaving OS:Connection behind

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I have written a number of OpenStudio 3.7.0 Python scripts which populate/modify an OpenStudioApp 1.7.0 .OSM file with CoilCoolingWater or CoilHeatingWater objects. The scripts also connect these coils to the respective PlantLoops and AirLoopHVACs. My intent is that I have "add" scripts which insert and connect these coils and "delete" scripts which disconnect and remove these coils. All work as expected at this point, except after running "delete" scripts, I always end up with a number of OS:Connection objects as leftovers in the .OSM file, when all I expect is the OS:Version object that I start out with before running "add" scripts. These objects look as follows:

OS:Connection,
  {90c97a52-dc19-4df2-a3c1-25df6ded4921}, !- Handle
  ,                                       !- Source Object
  2,                                      !- Outlet Port
  ,                                       !- Target Object
  2;                                      !- Inlet Port

I would have thought that the various:

coil.removeFromPlantLoop()
coil.removeFromAirLoopHVAC()
coil.remove()

which I use in the "delete" scripts would result in a clean .OSM file, but as I say, I find these OS:Connection remnants. Also, there does not seem to be a model.getConnections() to collect and remove these separately after the fact - or at least I seem to recall there wasn't when I last tried?

Surely I am missing something, as is usually the case when I post here, but I can't figure it out. I'd welcome your thoughts, thank you.

Per request, here is a MCVE:

import openstudio

def add(path):
  model = openstudio.model.Model()
  plant_loop = openstudio.model.PlantLoop(model)
  air_loop = openstudio.model.AirLoopHVAC(model)
  for index in range(0,3):
    thermal_zone = openstudio.model.ThermalZone(model)
    coil = openstudio.model.CoilHeatingWater(model)
    plant_loop.addDemandBranchForComponent(coil)
    controller = coil.controllerWaterCoil().get()
    fan = openstudio.model.FanConstantVolume(model)
    air_terminal = openstudio.model.AirTerminalSingleDuctSeriesPIUReheat(model,fan,coil)
    air_loop.addBranchForZone(thermal_zone,air_terminal)
    model.save(path,True)

def delete(path):
  model = openstudio.model.Model()
  model = model.load(path).get()
  if False: # Removing coil and fan before air_terminal does not change the outcome.
    for coil in model.getCoilHeatingWaters():
      coil.removeFromPlantLoop()
      coil.remove()
    for fan in model.getFanConstantVolumes():
      fan.remove()
  for air_terminal in model.getAirTerminalSingleDuctSeriesPIUReheats():
    air_terminal.removeFromLoop()
    air_terminal.remove()
  for thermal_zone in model.getThermalZones():
    thermal_zone.remove()
  for air_loop in model.getAirLoopHVACs():
    air_loop.remove()
  for plant_loop in model.getPlantLoops():
    plant_loop.remove()
  if False: # This may be the fallback though not elegant solution.
    connections = model.getObjectsByType("OS:Connection")
    for connection in connections:
      connection.remove()
  model.save(path,True)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  path = "mcve_1.osm"
  add(path)
  delete(path)