diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/IndexedElementsBinder.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/IndexedElementsBinder.java
index b799aa0080..9e536df9df 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/IndexedElementsBinder.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/IndexedElementsBinder.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.source.IterableConfigurationP
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * Base class for {@link AggregateBinder AggregateBinders} that read a sequential run of
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ abstract class IndexedElementsBinder<T> extends AggregateBinder<T> {
 
 	private void bindValue(Bindable<?> target, Collection<Object> collection, ResolvableType aggregateType,
 			ResolvableType elementType, Object value) {
-		if (value instanceof String && !StringUtils.hasText((String) value)) {
+		if (value == null || value instanceof CharSequence && ((CharSequence) value).length() == 0) {
 			return;
 		}
 		Object aggregate = convert(value, aggregateType, target.getAnnotations());
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/convert/CharSequenceToObjectConverterTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/convert/CharSequenceToObjectConverterTests.java
index c36831909c..cc54977604 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/convert/CharSequenceToObjectConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/convert/CharSequenceToObjectConverterTests.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class CharSequenceToObjectConverterTests {
 	@ConversionServiceTest
 	void convertWhenCanConvertDirectlySkipsStringConversion(ConversionService conversionService) {
 		assertThat(conversionService.convert(new String("1"), Long.class)).isEqualTo(1);
-		System.out.println(conversionService.getClass());
 		if (!ConversionServiceArguments.isApplicationConversionService(conversionService)) {
 			assertThat(conversionService.convert(new StringBuilder("1"), Long.class)).isEqualTo(2);
 		}