diff --git a/src/main/java/emissary/core/BaseDataObject.java b/src/main/java/emissary/core/BaseDataObject.java
index e390e27f89..859b44b028 100755
--- a/src/main/java/emissary/core/BaseDataObject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/emissary/core/BaseDataObject.java
@@ -965,14 +965,33 @@ public boolean appendUniqueParameter(final String key, final CharSequence value)
         return true;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String getStringParameter(final String key) {
+        return getStringParameter(key, DEFAULT_PARAM_SEPARATOR);
+    }
+
     @Nullable
     @Override
-    public String getParameterAsString(final String key) {
-        final var obj = getParameterAsStrings(key);
-        if (obj.size() > 1) {
-            logger.warn("Multiple values for parameter, returning the first - parameter:{}, number of values:{}", key, obj.size());
+    public String getStringParameter(final String key, final String sep) {
+        final List<Object> obj = getParameter(key);
+        if (obj == null) {
+            return null;
+        } else if (obj.isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        } else if ((obj.size() == 1) && (obj.get(0) instanceof String)) {
+            return (String) obj.get(0);
+        } else if ((obj.size() == 1) && (obj.get(0) == null)) {
+            return null;
+        } else {
+            final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+            for (final Object item : obj) {
+                if (sb.length() > 0) {
+                    sb.append(sep);
+                }
+                sb.append(item);
+            }
+            return sb.toString();
         }
-        return StringUtils.trimToNull(obj.stream().findFirst().orElse(null));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/emissary/core/IBaseDataObject.java b/src/main/java/emissary/core/IBaseDataObject.java
index f925b77d94..a8e68cb53e 100755
--- a/src/main/java/emissary/core/IBaseDataObject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/emissary/core/IBaseDataObject.java
@@ -3,20 +3,15 @@
 import emissary.core.channels.SeekableByteChannelFactory;
 import emissary.directory.DirectoryEntry;
 
-import org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.UUID;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 public interface IBaseDataObject {
 
@@ -353,12 +348,8 @@ enum MergePolicy {
      * 
      * @param key name of the metadata element
      * @return the string value or null if no such element
-     * @deprecated use {@link #getParameterAsConcatString(String)}
      */
-    @Deprecated
-    default String getStringParameter(final String key) {
-        return getParameterAsConcatString(key);
-    }
+    String getStringParameter(String key);
 
     /**
      * Retrieve a specified metadata element as a string value
@@ -366,59 +357,8 @@ default String getStringParameter(final String key) {
      * @param key name of the metadata element
      * @param sep the separator for multivalued fields
      * @return the string value or null if no such element
-     * @deprecated use {@link #getParameterAsConcatString(String, String)}
      */
-    @Deprecated
-    default String getStringParameter(final String key, final String sep) {
-        return getParameterAsConcatString(key, sep);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Retrieve the Collection of metadata values identified by key where each element is converted to a string
-     *
-     * @param key name of the metadata element collection
-     * @return Collection of elements converted to strings
-     */
-    default Collection<String> getParameterAsStrings(final String key) {
-        final var obj = getParameter(key);
-        if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(obj) || ((obj.size() == 1) && (obj.get(0) == null))) {
-            return Collections.emptyList();
-        } else if ((obj.size() == 1) && (obj.get(0) instanceof String)) {
-            return Collections.singletonList((String) obj.get(0));
-        } else {
-            return obj.stream().map(String::valueOf).collect(Collectors.toList());
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Retrieve the metadata value identified by key where the element is converted to a string
-     *
-     * @param key name of the metadata element
-     * @return parameter converted to strings
-     */
-    String getParameterAsString(String key);
-
-    /**
-     * Retrieve a specified metadata element as a string of concatenated values
-     *
-     * @param key name of the metadata element
-     * @return the string value or null if no such element
-     */
-    default String getParameterAsConcatString(final String key) {
-        return getParameterAsConcatString(key, DEFAULT_PARAM_SEPARATOR);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Retrieve a specified metadata element as a string of concatenated values
-     *
-     * @param key name of the metadata element
-     * @param sep the separator for multivalued fields
-     * @return the string value or null if no such element
-     */
-    default String getParameterAsConcatString(final String key, final String sep) {
-        final var strParameter = String.join(sep, getParameterAsStrings(key));
-        return StringUtils.isBlank(strParameter) ? null : strParameter;
-    }
+    String getStringParameter(String key, String sep);
 
     /**
      * Retrieve all the metadata elements of this object
diff --git a/src/test/java/emissary/core/BaseDataObjectTest.java b/src/test/java/emissary/core/BaseDataObjectTest.java
index 0b3b503298..2261e6a541 100755
--- a/src/test/java/emissary/core/BaseDataObjectTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/emissary/core/BaseDataObjectTest.java
@@ -1333,46 +1333,4 @@ void testNewInputStream() throws IOException {
             assertArrayEquals(bytes2, byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray());
         }
     }
-
-    @Test
-    void testGetParameterAsString() throws IOException {
-        assertNotNull(this.b);
-
-        try (LogbackTester logbackTester = new LogbackTester(BaseDataObject.class.getName())) {
-            this.b.putParameter("A", 1L);
-            this.b.appendParameter("A", "TWO");
-            this.b.appendParameter("A", "THREE");
-            assertEquals("1", this.b.getParameterAsString("A"));
-            assertEquals("1;TWO;THREE", this.b.getParameterAsConcatString("A"));
-            LogbackTester.SimplifiedLogEvent logEvent = new LogbackTester.SimplifiedLogEvent(Level.WARN,
-                    "Multiple values for parameter, returning the first - parameter:A, number of values:3", null);
-            logbackTester.checkLogList(Collections.singletonList(logEvent));
-        }
-
-        this.b.putParameter("A", 2L);
-        assertEquals("2", this.b.getParameterAsString("A"));
-        assertEquals("2", this.b.getParameterAsConcatString("A"));
-
-        this.b.putParameter("A", "THREE");
-        assertEquals("THREE", this.b.getParameterAsString("A"));
-        assertEquals("THREE", this.b.getParameterAsConcatString("A"));
-
-        this.b.putParameter("A", null);
-        assertNull(this.b.getParameterAsString("A"));
-        assertNull(this.b.getParameterAsConcatString("A"));
-
-        this.b.putParameter("A", "");
-        assertNull(this.b.getParameterAsString("A"));
-        assertNull(this.b.getParameterAsConcatString("A"));
-
-        assertNull(this.b.getParameterAsString("DNE"));
-        assertNull(this.b.getParameterAsConcatString("DNE"));
-
-        this.b.putParameter("A", null);
-        this.b.appendParameter("A", "FOUR");
-        this.b.appendParameter("A", "  ");
-        assertEquals("null", this.b.getParameterAsString("A"));
-        assertEquals("null;FOUR;  ", this.b.getParameterAsConcatString("A"));
-    }
-
 }