diff --git a/app/models/columns/champ_column.rb b/app/models/columns/champ_column.rb
index 4e5813562..c333af916 100644
--- a/app/models/columns/champ_column.rb
+++ b/app/models/columns/champ_column.rb
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ class Columns::ChampColumn < Column
     when ['drop_down_list', 'text'] # single list can become text
       value
     when ['multiple_drop_down_list', 'drop_down_list'] # multi list can become single
-      parse_enums(value)&.first
+      parse_enums(value).first
     when ['multiple_drop_down_list', 'text'] # multi list can become text
-      parse_enums(value)&.join(', ')
+      parse_enums(value).join(', ')
     when ['date', 'datetime'] # date <=> datetime
       parse_datetime(value)&.to_datetime
     when ['datetime', 'date'] # may lose some data, but who cares ?
@@ -116,14 +116,7 @@ class Columns::ChampColumn < Column
     end
   end
 
-  def parse_enums(value)
-    values = JSON.parse(value)
-    return values if options_for_select.blank?
-    options = options_for_select.to_set(&:second)
-    values.filter { options.member?(_1) }
-  rescue JSON::ParserError
-    nil
-  end
+  def parse_enums(value) = JSON.parse(value) rescue nil
 
   def parse_datetime(value) = Time.zone.parse(value) rescue nil
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/columns/champ_column_spec.rb b/spec/models/columns/champ_column_spec.rb
index e16302de8..5254dd96a 100644
--- a/spec/models/columns/champ_column_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/columns/champ_column_spec.rb
@@ -131,14 +131,6 @@ describe Columns::ChampColumn do
           expect(column('simple_drop_down_list').value(champ)).to eq('val1')
           expect(column('text').value(champ)).to eq('val1, val2')
         end
-
-        context 'value not in options' do
-          let(:value) { '["toto","val2"]' }
-
-          it do
-            expect(column('multiple_drop_down_list').value(champ)).to eq(['val2'])
-          end
-        end
       end
     end
   end