[X] remove cover does not remove the tag field COVERART

If MP3tag apparently does not delete tags then you should check which tags you let Mp3tag read, write and delete.
The proper setting would be: read and delete all, write only V1 and V2.
Esp. APE tags are a problem.
If you have these in a file, get rid of them.

If this is not the case, check the file's integrity with mp3val and/or mp3diags.