diff --git a/packages/ssz/src/viewDU/listBasic.ts b/packages/ssz/src/viewDU/listBasic.ts
index d269fd76..05bcd06c 100644
--- a/packages/ssz/src/viewDU/listBasic.ts
+++ b/packages/ssz/src/viewDU/listBasic.ts
@@ -42,16 +42,10 @@ export class ListBasicTreeViewDU<ElementType extends BasicType<unknown>> extends
    * Returns a new ListBasicTreeViewDU instance with the values from 0 to `index`.
    * To achieve it, rebinds the underlying tree zero-ing all nodes right of `chunkIindex`.
    * Also set all value right of `index` in the same chunk to 0.
-   *
-   * Note: Using index = -1, returns an empty list of length 0.
    */
   sliceTo(index: number): this {
-    if (index < -1) {
-      throw new Error("Does not support sliceTo() with index less than -1");
-    }
-
-    if (index === -1) {
-      return this.type.defaultViewDU() as this;
+    if (index < 0) {
+      throw new Error(`Does not support sliceTo() with negative index ${index}`);
     }
 
     // Commit before getting rootNode to ensure all pending data is in the rootNode
diff --git a/packages/ssz/test/unit/byType/listBasic/tree.test.ts b/packages/ssz/test/unit/byType/listBasic/tree.test.ts
index 719e61ff..e6b15672 100644
--- a/packages/ssz/test/unit/byType/listBasic/tree.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ssz/test/unit/byType/listBasic/tree.test.ts
@@ -219,17 +219,13 @@ describe("ListBasicType.sliceTo", () => {
     const listRoots: string[] = [];
     const listSerialized: string[] = [];
 
-    for (let i = -1; i < 16; i++) {
-      if (i >= 0) {
-        listView.push(i);
-      }
-      // Javascript arrays can handle negative indexes (ok for tests)
+    for (let i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+      listView.push(i);
       listSerialized[i] = toHexString(listView.serialize());
       listRoots[i] = toHexString(listView.hashTreeRoot());
     }
 
-    // Start at -1 to test the empty case.
-    for (let i = -1; i < 16; i++) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
       const listSlice = listView.sliceTo(i);
       expect(listSlice.length).to.equal(i + 1, `Wrong length at .sliceTo(${i})`);
       expect(toHexString(listSlice.serialize())).equals(listSerialized[i], `Wrong serialize at .sliceTo(${i})`);