The DNF versionlock plugin prevents installed packages being removed

Issue

Using 'versionlock' to lock the version of a specific package prevents that package from being removed via "dnf" if the installed version of the package is different than the entry:

[root@lab-rhel8-1 user]# rpm -q bind-utils
bind-utils-9.11.4-26.P2.el8.x86_64
[root@lab-rhel8-1 user]# cat /etc/dnf/plugins/versionlock.list

# Added locks on Thu Dec  5 17:18:33 2019
bind-utils-32:9.11.4-17.P2.el8_0.1.*
[root@lab-rhel8-1 user]# yum remove bind-utils
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
No match for argument: bind-utils
No packages marked for removal.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!