diff --git a/community/cypher/interpreted-runtime/src/main/scala/org/neo4j/cypher/internal/runtime/interpreted/pipes/DirectedRelationshipByIdSeekPipe.scala b/community/cypher/interpreted-runtime/src/main/scala/org/neo4j/cypher/internal/runtime/interpreted/pipes/DirectedRelationshipByIdSeekPipe.scala
index 20e2287697ab..23b7ee915649 100644
--- a/community/cypher/interpreted-runtime/src/main/scala/org/neo4j/cypher/internal/runtime/interpreted/pipes/DirectedRelationshipByIdSeekPipe.scala
+++ b/community/cypher/interpreted-runtime/src/main/scala/org/neo4j/cypher/internal/runtime/interpreted/pipes/DirectedRelationshipByIdSeekPipe.scala
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ case class DirectedRelationshipByIdSeekPipe(ident: String, relIdExpr: SeekArgs,
 
   protected def internalCreateResults(state: QueryState): Iterator[ExecutionContext] = {
     val ctx = state.newExecutionContext(executionContextFactory)
-    val relIds = VirtualValues.dropNoValues(relIdExpr.expressions(ctx, state))
+    val relIds = relIdExpr.expressions(ctx, state).dropNoValues()
     new DirectedRelationshipIdSeekIterator(
       ident,
       fromNode,
diff --git a/community/cypher/interpreted-runtime/src/main/scala/org/neo4j/cypher/internal/runtime/interpreted/pipes/UndirectedRelationshipByIdSeekPipe.scala b/community/cypher/interpreted-runtime/src/main/scala/org/neo4j/cypher/internal/runtime/interpreted/pipes/UndirectedRelationshipByIdSeekPipe.scala
index 277e58bf29f9..27bd928ac4fd 100644
--- a/community/cypher/interpreted-runtime/src/main/scala/org/neo4j/cypher/internal/runtime/interpreted/pipes/UndirectedRelationshipByIdSeekPipe.scala
+++ b/community/cypher/interpreted-runtime/src/main/scala/org/neo4j/cypher/internal/runtime/interpreted/pipes/UndirectedRelationshipByIdSeekPipe.scala
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ case class UndirectedRelationshipByIdSeekPipe(ident: String, relIdExpr: SeekArgs
 
   protected override def internalCreateResults(state: QueryState): Iterator[ExecutionContext] = {
     val ctx = state.createOrGetInitialContext(executionContextFactory)
-    val relIds = VirtualValues.dropNoValues(relIdExpr.expressions(ctx, state))
+    val relIds = relIdExpr.expressions(ctx, state).dropNoValues()
     new UndirectedRelationshipIdSeekIterator(
       ident,
       fromNode,
diff --git a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/ListValue.java b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/ListValue.java
index bd7dab530177..3a1bb2ed48c6 100644
--- a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/ListValue.java
+++ b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/ListValue.java
@@ -891,4 +891,9 @@ public int length()
     {
         return size();
     }
+
+    public ListValue dropNoValues()
+    {
+        return new DropNoValuesListValue( this );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/VirtualValues.java b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/VirtualValues.java
index dcdbd3cecab9..454038ac2ffa 100644
--- a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/VirtualValues.java
+++ b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/VirtualValues.java
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ public static ListValue fromArray( ArrayValue arrayValue )
         return new ListValue.ArrayValueListValue( arrayValue );
     }
 
-    public static ListValue dropNoValues( ListValue list )
-    {
-        return new ListValue.DropNoValuesListValue( list );
-    }
-
     public static ListValue slice( ListValue list, int from, int to )
     {
         int f = Math.max( from, 0 );
diff --git a/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/DropNoValuesListValueTest.java b/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/DropNoValuesListValueTest.java
index 602eae077028..a37fd720d627 100644
--- a/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/DropNoValuesListValueTest.java
+++ b/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/DropNoValuesListValueTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.neo4j.values.storable.Values.NO_VALUE;
 import static org.neo4j.values.storable.Values.longValue;
-import static org.neo4j.values.virtual.VirtualValues.dropNoValues;
 import static org.neo4j.values.virtual.VirtualValues.list;
 
 public class DropNoValuesListValueTest
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ public void shouldFilterList()
                                 longValue( 8L ), longValue( 9L ), longValue( 11L ), NO_VALUE );
 
         // When
-        ListValue filter = dropNoValues( inner );
+        ListValue filter = inner.dropNoValues();
 
         // Then
         ListValue expected = list( longValue( 6L ), longValue( 8L ), longValue( 9L ), longValue( 11L ) );
diff --git a/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/ListTest.java b/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/ListTest.java
index 5b7cf0eeb060..5d63b36c3cfa 100644
--- a/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/ListTest.java
+++ b/community/values/src/test/java/org/neo4j/values/virtual/ListTest.java
@@ -219,12 +219,12 @@ public void shouldRecurseAndCoerce()
 
                     range( 1L, 8L, 3L ),
                     VirtualValues.fromArray( Values.longArray( new long[]{1L, 4L, 7L} ) ),
-                    VirtualValues.dropNoValues( VirtualValues.list( NO_VALUE,
-                                                                    longValue( 1L ),
-                                                                    NO_VALUE,
-                                                                    longValue( 4L ),
-                                                                    longValue( 7L ),
-                                                                    NO_VALUE ) ),
+                    VirtualValues.list( NO_VALUE,
+                            longValue( 1L ),
+                            NO_VALUE,
+                            longValue( 4L ),
+                            longValue( 7L ),
+                            NO_VALUE ).dropNoValues(),
                     VirtualValues.slice( list( -2L, 1L, 4L, 7L, 10L ), 1, 4 ),
                     VirtualValues.drop( list( -2L, 1L, 4L, 7L ), 1 ),
                     VirtualValues.take( list( 1L, 4L, 7L, 10L, 13L ), 3 ),
@@ -237,12 +237,12 @@ public void shouldRecurseAndCoerce()
 
                     range( 2L, 9L, 3L ),
                     VirtualValues.fromArray( Values.longArray( new long[]{3L, 6L, 9L} ) ),
-                    VirtualValues.dropNoValues( VirtualValues.list( NO_VALUE,
-                                                                    longValue( 1L ),
-                                                                    NO_VALUE,
-                                                                    longValue( 5L ),
-                                                                    longValue( 7L ),
-                                                                    NO_VALUE ) ),
+                    VirtualValues.list( NO_VALUE,
+                            longValue( 1L ),
+                            NO_VALUE,
+                            longValue( 5L ),
+                            longValue( 7L ),
+                            NO_VALUE ).dropNoValues(),
                     VirtualValues.slice( list( -2L, 1L, 5L, 8L, 11L ), 1, 4 ),
                     VirtualValues.drop( list( -2L, 6L, 9L, 12L ), 1 ),
                     VirtualValues.take( list( 7L, 10L, 13L, 10L, 13L ), 3 ),