diff --git a/pkg/aks/components/CruAks.vue b/pkg/aks/components/CruAks.vue
index 618a2a3f8e5..1248529071e 100644
--- a/pkg/aks/components/CruAks.vue
+++ b/pkg/aks/components/CruAks.vue
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
                   :mode="mode"
                   :label="t('aks.sshPublicKey.readFromFile')"
                   class="role-tertiary mt-10"
-                  @selected="e=>$set(config, 'sshPublicKey', e)"
+                  @selected="e => config.sshPublicKey = e"
                 />
               </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/shell/chart/monitoring/alerting/index.vue b/shell/chart/monitoring/alerting/index.vue
index f8e4087855d..69ac6403fee 100644
--- a/shell/chart/monitoring/alerting/index.vue
+++ b/shell/chart/monitoring/alerting/index.vue
@@ -81,27 +81,15 @@ export default {
   watch: {
     filteredSecrets(newValue) {
       if (isEmpty(newValue)) {
-        this.$set(
-          this.value.alertmanager.alertmanagerSpec,
-          'useExistingSecret',
-          false
-        );
+        this.value.alertmanager.alertmanagerSpec.useExistingSecret = false;
       }
 
       const { existingSecret } = this;
 
       if (existingSecret) {
         this.$nextTick(() => {
-          this.$set(
-            this.value.alertmanager.alertmanagerSpec,
-            'useExistingSecret',
-            true
-          );
-          this.$set(
-            this.value.alertmanager.alertmanagerSpec,
-            'configSecret',
-            existingSecret.metadata.name
-          );
+          this.value.alertmanager.alertmanagerSpec.useExistingSecret = true;
+          this.value.alertmanager.alertmanagerSpec.configSecret = existingSecret.metadata.name;
         });
       }
     },
@@ -110,11 +98,7 @@ export default {
 
       if (useExistingSecret) {
         if (existingSecret?.metadata?.name) {
-          this.$set(
-            this.value.alertmanager.alertmanagerSpec,
-            'configSecret',
-            existingSecret.metadata.name
-          );
+          this.value.alertmanager.alertmanagerSpec.configSecret = existingSecret.metadata.name;
         }
       } else {
         this.value.alertmanager.alertmanagerSpec['configSecret'] = '';
diff --git a/shell/chart/monitoring/grafana/index.vue b/shell/chart/monitoring/grafana/index.vue
index ce97bc4da62..fb570a1bcfd 100644
--- a/shell/chart/monitoring/grafana/index.vue
+++ b/shell/chart/monitoring/grafana/index.vue
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export default {
               :mode="mode"
               :options="pvcs"
               :label="t('monitoring.grafana.storage.existingClaim')"
-              @updateName="(name) => $set(value.grafana.persistence, 'existingClaim', name)"
+              @updateName="(name) => value.grafana.persistence.existingClaim = name"
             />
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export default {
                 :mode="mode"
                 :options="storageClasses"
                 :label="t('monitoring.prometheus.storage.className')"
-                @updateName="(name) => $set(value.grafana.persistence, 'storageClassName', name)"
+                @updateName="(name) => value.grafana.persistence.storageClassName = name"
               />
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ export default {
                 :mode="mode"
                 :options="storageClasses"
                 :label="t('monitoring.prometheus.storage.className')"
-                @updateName="(name) => $set(value.grafana.persistence, 'storageClassName', name)"
+                @updateName="(name) => value.grafana.persistence.storageClassName = name"
               />
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/shell/chart/monitoring/prometheus/index.vue b/shell/chart/monitoring/prometheus/index.vue
index 886bd0505dc..191e558c376 100644
--- a/shell/chart/monitoring/prometheus/index.vue
+++ b/shell/chart/monitoring/prometheus/index.vue
@@ -123,21 +123,14 @@ export default {
   watch: {
     enablePersistentStorage(enabled) {
       if (!!enabled) {
-        this.$set(
-          this.value.prometheus.prometheusSpec.storageSpec,
-          'volumeClaimTemplate',
-          {
-            spec: {
-              accessModes: ['ReadWriteOnce'],
-              resources:   { requests: { storage: '50Gi' } },
-            }
+        this.value.prometheus.prometheusSpec.storageSpec.volumeClaimTemplate = {
+          spec: {
+            accessModes: ['ReadWriteOnce'],
+            resources:   { requests: { storage: '50Gi' } },
           }
-        );
+        };
       } else {
-        this.$delete(
-          this.value.prometheus.prometheusSpec.storageSpec,
-          'volumeClaimTemplate'
-        );
+        delete this.value.prometheus.prometheusSpec.storageSpec['volumeClaimTemplate'];
       }
     },
   },
@@ -328,7 +321,7 @@ export default {
                 :options="storageClasses"
                 :value="value.prometheus.prometheusSpec.storageSpec.volumeClaimTemplate.spec.storageClassName"
                 :label="t('monitoring.prometheus.storage.className')"
-                @updateName="(name) => $set(value.prometheus.prometheusSpec.storageSpec.volumeClaimTemplate.spec, 'storageClassName', name)"
+                @updateName="(name) => value.prometheus.prometheusSpec.storageSpec.volumeClaimTemplate.spec.storageClassName = name"
               />
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/shell/components/form/PodAffinity.vue b/shell/components/form/PodAffinity.vue
index 6f0582c3a02..b70ed063ca2 100644
--- a/shell/components/form/PodAffinity.vue
+++ b/shell/components/form/PodAffinity.vue
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export default {
                 :value="props.row.value._anti ?t('workload.scheduling.affinity.antiAffinityOption') :t('workload.scheduling.affinity.affinityOption') "
                 :label="t('workload.scheduling.affinity.type')"
                 :data-testid="`pod-affinity-type-index${props.i}`"
-                @update:value="$set(props.row.value, '_anti',!props.row.value._anti)"
+                @update:value="props.row.value._anti = !props.row.value._anti"
               />
             </div>
             <div class="col span-6">
diff --git a/shell/edit/auth/googleoauth.vue b/shell/edit/auth/googleoauth.vue
index 8bf6a7763cc..f07c1c4344a 100644
--- a/shell/edit/auth/googleoauth.vue
+++ b/shell/edit/auth/googleoauth.vue
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ export default {
                 class="role-tertiary add mt-5"
                 :label="t('generic.readFromFile')"
                 :mode="mode"
-                @selected="$set(model, 'oauthCredential', $event)"
+                @selected="model.oauthCredential = $event"
               />
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export default {
                 class="role-tertiary add mt-5"
                 :label="t('generic.readFromFile')"
                 :mode="mode"
-                @selected="$set(model, 'serviceAccountCredential', $event)"
+                @selected="model.serviceAccountCredential = $event"
               />
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/shell/edit/auth/ldap/config.vue b/shell/edit/auth/ldap/config.vue
index 8dd2987be1d..7bdf026dc2a 100644
--- a/shell/edit/auth/ldap/config.vue
+++ b/shell/edit/auth/ldap/config.vue
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export default {
           :step="1"
           :mode="mode"
           :label="t('authConfig.ldap.port')"
-          @update:value="e=>$set(model, 'port', e.replace(/[^0-9]*/g, ''))"
+          @update:value="e=> model.port = e.replace(/[^0-9]*/g, '')"
         />
       </div>
 
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export default {
           class="role-tertiary add mt-5"
           :label="t('generic.readFromFile')"
           :mode="mode"
-          @selected="$set(model, 'certificate', $event)"
+          @selected="model.certificate = $event"
         />
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/shell/edit/auth/oidc.vue b/shell/edit/auth/oidc.vue
index 1ef92a1c3f5..d625c60053f 100644
--- a/shell/edit/auth/oidc.vue
+++ b/shell/edit/auth/oidc.vue
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export default {
               class="role-tertiary add mt-5"
               :label="t('generic.readFromFile')"
               :mode="mode"
-              @selected="$set(model, 'privateKey', $event)"
+              @selected="model.privateKey = $event"
             />
           </div>
           <div class="col span-6">
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ export default {
               class="role-tertiary add mt-5"
               :label="t('generic.readFromFile')"
               :mode="mode"
-              @selected="$set(model, 'certificate', $event)"
+              @selected="model.certificate = $event"
             />
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/shell/edit/autoscaling.horizontalpodautoscaler/metrics-row.vue b/shell/edit/autoscaling.horizontalpodautoscaler/metrics-row.vue
index e385a21d6c9..33fc432e980 100644
--- a/shell/edit/autoscaling.horizontalpodautoscaler/metrics-row.vue
+++ b/shell/edit/autoscaling.horizontalpodautoscaler/metrics-row.vue
@@ -84,29 +84,28 @@ export default {
 
   watch: {
     'value.type'(neuType, oldType) {
-      const { $set } = this;
       let resourceSpec, podSpec, objectSpec, externalSpec;
 
       switch (neuType) {
       case 'External':
         externalSpec = this.initExternalSpec();
 
-        $set(this.value, 'external', externalSpec);
+        this.value.external = externalSpec;
         break;
       case 'Object':
         objectSpec = this.initObjectSpec();
 
-        $set(this.value, 'object', objectSpec);
+        this.value.object = objectSpec;
         break;
       case 'Pods':
         podSpec = this.initPodsSpec();
 
-        $set(this.value, 'pods', podSpec);
+        this.value.pods = podSpec;
         break;
       case 'Resource':
         resourceSpec = this.initResourceSpec();
 
-        $set(this.value, 'resource', resourceSpec.resource);
+        this.value.resource = resourceSpec.resource;
         break;
       default:
         break;
diff --git a/shell/edit/monitoring.coreos.com.alertmanagerconfig/auth.vue b/shell/edit/monitoring.coreos.com.alertmanagerconfig/auth.vue
index 175ae825dbf..c906a30d029 100644
--- a/shell/edit/monitoring.coreos.com.alertmanagerconfig/auth.vue
+++ b/shell/edit/monitoring.coreos.com.alertmanagerconfig/auth.vue
@@ -64,11 +64,7 @@ export default {
     initializeType(authOptions, type) {
       authOptions.forEach((authOption) => {
         if (authOption.value === type && type !== 'none') {
-          this.$set(
-            this.value,
-            authOption.value,
-            this.value[authOption.value] || authOption.default
-          );
+          this.value.authOption.value = this.value[authOption.value] || authOption.default;
         } else if (typeof this.value[authOption.value] !== 'undefined') {
           delete this.value[authOption.value];
         }
diff --git a/shell/edit/monitoring.coreos.com.alertmanagerconfig/types/slack.vue b/shell/edit/monitoring.coreos.com.alertmanagerconfig/types/slack.vue
index 723d62aacd3..70507cd981a 100644
--- a/shell/edit/monitoring.coreos.com.alertmanagerconfig/types/slack.vue
+++ b/shell/edit/monitoring.coreos.com.alertmanagerconfig/types/slack.vue
@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@ export default {
     this.value['sendResolved'] = this.value.sendResolved || false;
 
     if (this.mode === _CREATE) {
-      this.$set(
-        this.value,
-        'text',
-        this.value.text || '{{ template "slack.rancher.text" . }}'
-      );
+      this.value.text = this.value.text || '{{ template "slack.rancher.text" . }}';
     }
 
     return {
diff --git a/shell/edit/monitoring.coreos.com.receiver/types/slack.vue b/shell/edit/monitoring.coreos.com.receiver/types/slack.vue
index 6a5eae5ad9d..5f1468ba97b 100644
--- a/shell/edit/monitoring.coreos.com.receiver/types/slack.vue
+++ b/shell/edit/monitoring.coreos.com.receiver/types/slack.vue
@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@ export default {
     this.value['send_resolved'] = this.value.send_resolved || false;
 
     if (this.mode === _CREATE) {
-      this.$set(
-        this.value,
-        'text',
-        this.value.text || '{{ template "slack.rancher.text" . }}'
-      );
+      this.value.text = this.value.text || '{{ template "slack.rancher.text" . }}';
     }
 
     return {};
diff --git a/shell/edit/service.vue b/shell/edit/service.vue
index b6e4d113a64..d28f99ce6ec 100644
--- a/shell/edit/service.vue
+++ b/shell/edit/service.vue
@@ -226,11 +226,7 @@ export default {
         this.value.spec.sessionAffinityConfig = { clientIP: { timeoutSeconds: null } };
 
         // set it null and then set it with vue to make reactive.
-        this.$set(
-          this.value.spec.sessionAffinityConfig.clientIP,
-          'timeoutSeconds',
-          SESSION_STICKY_TIME_DEFAULT
-        );
+        this.value.spec.sessionAffinityConfig.clientIP.timeoutSeconds = SESSION_STICKY_TIME_DEFAULT;
       } else if (
         this.value?.spec?.sessionAffinityConfig?.clientIP?.timeoutSeconds
       ) {
@@ -425,7 +421,7 @@ export default {
               :mode="mode"
               :initial-empty-row="true"
               :protip="false"
-              @update:value="(e) => $set(value.spec, 'selector', e)"
+              @update:value="(e) => value.spec.selector = e"
             />
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -448,7 +444,7 @@ export default {
               :tooltip-key="
                 hasClusterIp ? 'servicesPage.ips.clusterIpHelpText' : null
               "
-              @update:value="(e) => $set(value.spec, 'clusterIP', e)"
+              @update:value="(e) => value.spec.clusterIP = e"
             />
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -465,7 +461,7 @@ export default {
               :tooltip-key="
                 hasClusterIp ? 'servicesPage.ips.loadBalancerIp.helpText' : null
               "
-              @update:value="(e) => $set(value.spec, 'loadBalancerIP', e)"
+              @update:value="(e) => value.spec.loadBalancerIP = e"
             />
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -478,7 +474,7 @@ export default {
               :value-placeholder="t('servicesPage.ips.external.placeholder')"
               :mode="mode"
               :protip="false"
-              @update:value="(e) => $set(value.spec, 'externalIPs', e)"
+              @update:value="(e) => value.spec.externalIPs = e"
             />
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -527,12 +523,7 @@ export default {
               :label="t('servicesPage.affinity.timeout.label')"
               :placeholder="t('servicesPage.affinity.timeout.placeholder')"
               @input="
-                (e) =>
-                  $set(
-                    value.spec.sessionAffinityConfig.clientIP,
-                    'timeoutSeconds',
-                    e
-                  )
+                (e) => value.spec.sessionAffinityConfig.clientIP.timeoutSeconds = e
               "
             />
           </div>