Correct XPath to delete single keyword?

I am trying to update keywords in XMP data using the XMP toolkit. I don't seem to be able to get the correct XPath to delete only 1 keyword in the "subject" bag. My code looks like this:
// "Asia" does not get removed (no exceptions get thrown, either)
theMetaXAP->remove(XAP_NS_DC, "subject/*[.=\"Asia\"]");
I am able to successfully delete all keywords with this:
theMetaXAP->remove(XAP_NS_DC, "subject/*"); // succeeds
What is the correct XPath syntax to delete only one keyword? Or is this not supported?
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