diff --git a/libs/utils/gtest/src/ArrayListTestSuite.cc b/libs/utils/gtest/src/ArrayListTestSuite.cc
index 7af65ac5a..c9219b9fb 100644
--- a/libs/utils/gtest/src/ArrayListTestSuite.cc
+++ b/libs/utils/gtest/src/ArrayListTestSuite.cc
@@ -497,18 +497,13 @@ TEST_F(ArrayListTestSuite, ReallocTest) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(ArrayListTestSuite, ElementTypeToStringTest) {
-    EXPECT_STREQ("CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_UNDEFINED",
-                 celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_UNDEFINED));
-    EXPECT_STREQ("CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_POINTER",
-                 celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_POINTER));
-    EXPECT_STREQ("CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_STRING",
-                 celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_STRING));
-    EXPECT_STREQ("CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_LONG",
-                 celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_LONG));
-    EXPECT_STREQ("CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_DOUBLE",
-                 celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_DOUBLE));
-    EXPECT_STREQ("CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_BOOL",
-                 celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_BOOL));
-    EXPECT_STREQ("CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_UNDEFINED",
+    EXPECT_STREQ("Undefined", celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_UNDEFINED));
+    EXPECT_STREQ("Pointer", celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_POINTER));
+    EXPECT_STREQ("String", celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_STRING));
+    EXPECT_STREQ("Long", celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_LONG));
+    EXPECT_STREQ("Double", celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_DOUBLE));
+    EXPECT_STREQ("Bool", celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_BOOL));
+    EXPECT_STREQ("Version", celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString(CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_VERSION));
+    EXPECT_STREQ("Undefined",
                  celix_arrayList_elementTypeToString((celix_array_list_element_type_t)100 /*non existing*/));
 }
diff --git a/libs/utils/src/array_list.c b/libs/utils/src/array_list.c
index f4cdcd36c..361525f2e 100644
--- a/libs/utils/src/array_list.c
+++ b/libs/utils/src/array_list.c
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
 #include "celix_utils.h"
 #include "celix_version.h"
 
-#define STRING_VALUE_UNDEFINED_EL_TYPE "CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_UNDEFINED"
-#define STRING_VALUE_POINTER_EL_TYPE "CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_POINTER"
-#define STRING_VALUE_STRING_EL_TYPE "CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_STRING"
-#define STRING_VALUE_LONG_EL_TYPE "CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_LONG"
-#define STRING_VALUE_DOUBLE_EL_TYPE "CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_DOUBLE"
-#define STRING_VALUE_BOOL_EL_TYPE "CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_BOOL"
-#define STRING_VALUE_VERSION_EL_TYPE "CELIX_ARRAY_LIST_ELEMENT_TYPE_VERSION"
+#define STRING_VALUE_UNDEFINED_EL_TYPE "Undefined"
+#define STRING_VALUE_POINTER_EL_TYPE "Pointer"
+#define STRING_VALUE_STRING_EL_TYPE "String"
+#define STRING_VALUE_LONG_EL_TYPE "Long"
+#define STRING_VALUE_DOUBLE_EL_TYPE "Double"
+#define STRING_VALUE_BOOL_EL_TYPE "Bool"
+#define STRING_VALUE_VERSION_EL_TYPE "Version"
 
 struct celix_array_list {
     celix_array_list_element_type_t elementType;