diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/Api/AliasUtilController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/Api/AliasUtilController.php
index 227d18c57..88e396e92 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/Api/AliasUtilController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Firewall/Api/AliasUtilController.php
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ class AliasUtilController extends ApiControllerBase
         $backend = new Backend();
         $result = json_decode($backend->configdRun("filter list tables json"));
         if ($result !== null) {
-            // return sorted (case insensitive)
-            $result = array_values($result);
             sort($result, SORT_NATURAL | SORT_FLAG_CASE);
         }
         return $result;