diff --git a/src/Listener/ViewListener.php b/src/Listener/ViewListener.php
index 4a8731b..42261fe 100644
--- a/src/Listener/ViewListener.php
+++ b/src/Listener/ViewListener.php
@@ -239,12 +239,9 @@ protected function _getRelatedModels(array $associationTypes = []): array
             }
         }
 
-        $models = Hash::normalize($models, default: []);
-
         $blacklist = $this->_action()->getConfig('scaffold.relations_blacklist');
         if (!empty($blacklist)) {
-            $blacklist = Hash::normalize($blacklist);
-            $models = array_diff_key($models, array_flip($blacklist));
+            $models = array_diff($models, $blacklist);
         }
 
         return $models;