diff --git a/avro-builder/tests/tests-allavro/src/test/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/CollectionViewTest.java b/avro-builder/tests/tests-allavro/src/test/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/CollectionViewTest.java
index b3e19c0f..fde87bd2 100644
--- a/avro-builder/tests/tests-allavro/src/test/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/CollectionViewTest.java
+++ b/avro-builder/tests/tests-allavro/src/test/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/CollectionViewTest.java
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 LinkedIn Corp.
+ * Licensed under the BSD 2-Clause License (the "License").
+ * See License in the project root for license information.
+ */
 package com.linkedin.avroutil1.compatibility.collectiontransformer;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -7,30 +12,13 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.avro.util.Utf8;
 import org.testng.Assert;
-import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 
 public class CollectionViewTest {
-
-  List<Utf8> utf8List;
-  List<vs14.BuilderTester> recordList;
-
-  Map<Utf8, Utf8> utf8Map;
-  Map<String, vs14.BuilderTester> recordMap;
-
-  @BeforeTest
-  public void testCollectionView(Class<?> clazz) {
-
-    utf8List = new ArrayList<>();
-    recordList = new ArrayList<>();
-
-    utf8Map = new HashMap<>();
-    recordMap = new HashMap<>();
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testStringListView() {
+    List<Utf8> utf8List = new ArrayList<>();
     String element = "test";
     List<String> listOfElements = Arrays.asList("test", "test2", "test3");
     List<String> view = CollectionTransformerUtil.createStringListView(utf8List);
@@ -67,6 +55,7 @@ public void testStringListView() {
 
   @Test
   public void testUtf8ListView() {
+    List<Utf8> utf8List = new ArrayList<>();
     Utf8 element = new Utf8("test");
     List<Utf8> listOfElements = Arrays.asList(new Utf8("test"), new Utf8("test2"), new Utf8("test3"));
     List<Utf8> view = CollectionTransformerUtil.createUtf8ListView(utf8List);
@@ -103,7 +92,8 @@ public void testUtf8ListView() {
 
   @Test
   public void testCharSequenceListView() {
-    Utf8 element = new Utf8("test");
+    List<Utf8> utf8List = new ArrayList<>();
+    String element = "test";
     List<Utf8> listOfElements = Arrays.asList(new Utf8("test"), new Utf8("test2"), new Utf8("test3"));
     List<CharSequence> view = CollectionTransformerUtil.createCharSequenceListView(utf8List);
     // utf8 list is empty
@@ -111,12 +101,12 @@ public void testCharSequenceListView() {
     // view should be empty
     Assert.assertEquals(view.size(), 0);
 
-    // add a utf8 to the view
+    // add to the view
     view.add(element);
     // view should have 1 element
     Assert.assertTrue(view.contains(element));
-    // utf8 list should contain the same element
-    Assert.assertTrue(utf8List.contains(element));
+    // utf8 list should contain the same element in Utf8 form
+    Assert.assertTrue(utf8List.contains(new Utf8(element)));
 
     // remove the element from the view
     view.remove(element);
@@ -129,7 +119,7 @@ public void testCharSequenceListView() {
     view.addAll(listOfElements);
     // view should have 3 elements
     for (Utf8 u : listOfElements) {
-      Assert.assertTrue(view.contains(u));
+      Assert.assertTrue(view.contains(String.valueOf(u)));
     }
     // utf8 list should contain the same 3 elements
     for (Utf8 u : listOfElements) {
@@ -139,6 +129,7 @@ public void testCharSequenceListView() {
 
   @Test
   public void testStringMapView() {
+    Map<Utf8, Utf8> utf8Map = new HashMap<>();
     List<String> keys = Arrays.asList("key1", "key2", "key3");
     String val = "value";
 
@@ -163,7 +154,7 @@ public void testStringMapView() {
       Assert.assertTrue(utf8Map.containsKey(new Utf8(key)));
     }
 
-    // remove from view
+    // remove from map
     for (String key : keys) {
       map.remove(key);
     }
@@ -173,6 +164,7 @@ public void testStringMapView() {
 
   @Test
   public void testUtf8MapView() {
+    Map<Utf8, Utf8> utf8Map = new HashMap<>();
     List<Utf8> keys = Arrays.asList(new Utf8("key1"), new Utf8("key2"), new Utf8("key3"));
     Utf8 val = new Utf8("value");
 
@@ -206,6 +198,7 @@ public void testUtf8MapView() {
 
   @Test
   public void testCharSequenceMapView() {
+    Map<Utf8, Utf8> utf8Map = new HashMap<>();
     List<CharSequence> keys = Arrays.asList("key1", "key2", "key3");
     String val = "value";
 
diff --git a/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/CharSequenceListView.java b/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/CharSequenceListView.java
index dfc1e920..000c7dfb 100644
--- a/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/CharSequenceListView.java
+++ b/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/CharSequenceListView.java
@@ -55,4 +55,9 @@ public boolean addAll(int index, java.util.Collection<? extends CharSequence> c)
     }
     return modified;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean remove(Object o) {
+    return utf8List.remove(new Utf8(o.toString()));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/StringListView.java b/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/StringListView.java
index 0c630131..8fba353f 100644
--- a/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/StringListView.java
+++ b/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/StringListView.java
@@ -56,4 +56,9 @@ public boolean addAll(int index, java.util.Collection<? extends String> c) {
     }
     return modified;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean remove(Object o) {
+    return _utf8List.remove(new Utf8(o.toString()));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/Utf8ListView.java b/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/Utf8ListView.java
index f822a753..c3724f6b 100644
--- a/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/Utf8ListView.java
+++ b/helper/helper/src/main/java/com/linkedin/avroutil1/compatibility/collectiontransformer/Utf8ListView.java
@@ -50,4 +50,9 @@ public boolean add(Utf8 element) {
   public boolean addAll(int index, java.util.Collection<? extends Utf8> c) {
     return utf8List.addAll(index, c);
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean remove(Object o) {
+    return utf8List.remove(o);
+  }
 }