diff --git a/.changeset/empty-spoons-greet.md b/.changeset/empty-spoons-greet.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31cb7c767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/empty-spoons-greet.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@finsweet/attributes-list': patch
+---
+
+chore: revert #787
diff --git a/packages/list/src/components/ListItem.ts b/packages/list/src/components/ListItem.ts
index 79127f08c..34546e85e 100644
--- a/packages/list/src/components/ListItem.ts
+++ b/packages/list/src/components/ListItem.ts
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export class ListItem {
 
       const listSelector = getCMSElementSelector('list');
       const parentList = element.closest(listSelector);
-      const isInsideNestedList = this.element.contains(parentList);
+      const isInsideNestedList = this.list.listElement && parentList && parentList !== this.list.listElement;
 
       if (isInsideNestedList) {
         this.fields[fieldKey] ||= { type, rawValue: [], value: [] };