diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/ValueListConfiguration.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/ValueListConfiguration.cs
index 95dbf9db5c..69279ebad8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/ValueListConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/ValueListConfiguration.cs
@@ -6,10 +6,5 @@ namespace Umbraco.Cms.Core.PropertyEditors;
 public class ValueListConfiguration
 {
     [ConfigurationField("items")]
-    public List<ValueListItem> Items { get; set; } = new();
-
-    public class ValueListItem
-    {
-        public string? Value { get; set; }
-    }
+    public List<string> Items { get; set; } = new();
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/PropertyEditors/ValueListUniqueValueValidator.cs b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/PropertyEditors/ValueListUniqueValueValidator.cs
index f2c75d501f..e481d3d89a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/PropertyEditors/ValueListUniqueValueValidator.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/PropertyEditors/ValueListUniqueValueValidator.cs
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ public class ValueListUniqueValueValidator : IValueValidator
             yield break;
         }
 
-        ValueListConfiguration.ValueListItem[]? items = null;
+        string[]? items = null;
         try
         {
-            items = _configurationEditorJsonSerializer.Deserialize<ValueListConfiguration.ValueListItem[]>(stringValue);
+            items = _configurationEditorJsonSerializer.Deserialize<string[]>(stringValue);
         }
         catch
         {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class ValueListUniqueValueValidator : IValueValidator
         }
 
         var duplicateValues = items
-            .Select(item => item.Value)
+            .Select(item => item)
             .GroupBy(v => v)
             .Where(group => group.Count() > 1)
             .Select(group => group.First())
diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/EnsureUniqueValuesValidatorTest.cs b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/EnsureUniqueValuesValidatorTest.cs
index 75a8b94dfa..07a739d6da 100644
--- a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/EnsureUniqueValuesValidatorTest.cs
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/EnsureUniqueValuesValidatorTest.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class EnsureUniqueValuesValidatorTest
         => new SystemTextConfigurationEditorJsonSerializer();
 
     [Test]
-    public void Expects_Array_Of_ValueListItems_Not_Single_String()
+    public void Expects_Array_Of_String_Not_Single_String()
     {
         var validator = new ValueListUniqueValueValidator(ConfigurationEditorJsonSerializer());
         var result = validator.Validate(
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class EnsureUniqueValuesValidatorTest
     }
 
     [Test]
-    public void Expects_Array_Of_ValueListItems_Not_Array_Of_String()
+    public void Expects_Array_Of_String()
     {
         var validator = new ValueListUniqueValueValidator(ConfigurationEditorJsonSerializer());
         var result =
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class EnsureUniqueValuesValidatorTest
                 new JsonArray("hello", "world"),
                 null,
                 null);
-        Assert.AreEqual(1, result.Count());
+        Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
     }
 
     [Test]
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ public class EnsureUniqueValuesValidatorTest
         var validator = new ValueListUniqueValueValidator(ConfigurationEditorJsonSerializer());
         var result =
             validator.Validate(
-                new JsonArray(
-                    JsonNode.Parse("""{"value": "hello"}"""),
-                    JsonNode.Parse("""{"value": "world"}""")),
+                new JsonArray("one", "two", "three"),
                 null,
                 null);
         Assert.AreEqual(0, result.Count());
@@ -58,9 +56,7 @@ public class EnsureUniqueValuesValidatorTest
         var validator = new ValueListUniqueValueValidator(ConfigurationEditorJsonSerializer());
         var result =
             validator.Validate(
-                new JsonArray(
-                    JsonNode.Parse("""{"value": "hello"}"""),
-                    JsonNode.Parse("""{"value": "hello"}""")),
+                new JsonArray("one", "one"),
                 null,
                 null);
         Assert.AreEqual(1, result.Count());
@@ -72,11 +68,7 @@ public class EnsureUniqueValuesValidatorTest
         var validator = new ValueListUniqueValueValidator(ConfigurationEditorJsonSerializer());
         var result =
             validator.Validate(
-                new JsonArray(
-                    JsonNode.Parse("""{"value": "hello"}"""),
-                    JsonNode.Parse("""{"value": "hello"}"""),
-                    JsonNode.Parse("""{"value": "world"}"""),
-                    JsonNode.Parse("""{"value": "world"}""")),
+                new JsonArray("one", "two", "three", "one", "two"),
                 null,
                 null);
         Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Count());
diff --git a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/MultiValuePropertyEditorTests.cs b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/MultiValuePropertyEditorTests.cs
index e5c6809c3e..5b76313c2a 100644
--- a/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/MultiValuePropertyEditorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Umbraco.Tests.UnitTests/Umbraco.Core/PropertyEditors/MultiValuePropertyEditorTests.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Umbraco.
 // See LICENSE for more details.
 
-using System.Globalization;
 using Moq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using Umbraco.Cms.Core;
@@ -42,12 +41,7 @@ public class MultiValuePropertyEditorTests
             .FromConfigurationObject(
                 new ValueListConfiguration
                 {
-                    Items = new List<ValueListConfiguration.ValueListItem>
-                    {
-                        new() { Value = "Value 1" },
-                        new() { Value = "Value 2" },
-                        new() { Value = "Value 3" },
-                    },
+                    Items = ["Value 1", "Value 2", "Value 3"]
                 },
                 serializer);
 
@@ -98,12 +92,7 @@ public class MultiValuePropertyEditorTests
             .FromConfigurationObject(
                 new ValueListConfiguration
                 {
-                    Items = new List<ValueListConfiguration.ValueListItem>
-                    {
-                        new() { Value = "Value 1" },
-                        new() { Value = "Value 2" },
-                        new() { Value = "Value 3" },
-                    },
+                    Items = ["Value 1", "Value 2", "Value 3"]
                 },
                 serializer);
 
@@ -152,12 +141,7 @@ public class MultiValuePropertyEditorTests
         dataType.ConfigurationData = configurationEditor.FromConfigurationObject(
             new ValueListConfiguration
             {
-                Items = new List<ValueListConfiguration.ValueListItem>
-                {
-                    new() { Value = "Item 1" },
-                    new() { Value = "Item 2" },
-                    new() { Value = "Item 3" },
-                },
+                Items = ["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"]
             },
             serializer);
 
@@ -167,8 +151,8 @@ public class MultiValuePropertyEditorTests
 
         Assert.NotNull(result);
         Assert.AreEqual(3, result.Items.Count);
-        Assert.AreEqual("Item 1", result.Items[0].Value);
-        Assert.AreEqual("Item 2", result.Items[1].Value);
-        Assert.AreEqual("Item 3", result.Items[2].Value);
+        Assert.AreEqual("Item 1", result.Items[0]);
+        Assert.AreEqual("Item 2", result.Items[1]);
+        Assert.AreEqual("Item 3", result.Items[2]);
     }
 }