Deleting unused swatches change the gradient

Hi All,
I have tried this Javascript to remove unused swatches in a document (Indesign CS4). It did remove all the unused swatches but it changed the used gradient color into black color and still has the gradient property but couldn't change any color values for that particular gradient after running the script.
#target indesign
var myIndesignDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myUnusedSwatches = myIndesignDoc.unusedSwatches;
for (var j=myIndesignDoc.unusedSwatches.length; j > 0; j--)
myIndesignDoc.unusedSwatches[j-1].remove();
Please advise me where I did wrong and also please suggest the right solution for this.

Hi Friends
Use this script it will help ful.
# target "Deleting unused swatches change the gradient"
var myIndesignDoc = app.activeDocument;
var myUnusedSwatches = myIndesignDoc.unusedSwatches;
for (var s = myUnusedSwatches.length-1; s >= 0; s--) {
var mySwatch = myIndesignDoc.unusedSwatches[s];
var name = mySwatch.name;
// alert (name);
if (name != ""){
mySwatch.remove();

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