diff --git a/Help/release/dev/googletest-listseparator.rst b/Help/release/dev/googletest-listseparator.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 50a98ac070..0000000000
--- a/Help/release/dev/googletest-listseparator.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-googletest-listseparator
-------------------------
-
-* The :module:`GoogleTest` module :command:`gtest_discover_tests` command
-  gained a ``LIST_SEPARATOR`` option.
diff --git a/Modules/GoogleTest.cmake b/Modules/GoogleTest.cmake
index 496301b605..6db0d67f14 100644
--- a/Modules/GoogleTest.cmake
+++ b/Modules/GoogleTest.cmake
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ same as the Google Test name (i.e. ``suite.testcase``); see also
                          [TEST_SUFFIX suffix]
                          [TEST_FILTER expr]
                          [NO_PRETTY_TYPES] [NO_PRETTY_VALUES]
-                         [LIST_SEPARATOR sep]
                          [PROPERTIES name1 value1...]
                          [TEST_LIST var]
                          [DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT seconds]
@@ -329,14 +328,6 @@ same as the Google Test name (i.e. ``suite.testcase``); see also
     :prop_tgt:`CROSSCOMPILING_EMULATOR` target properties are preserved,
     see policy :policy:`CMP0178`.
 
-  ``LIST_SEPARATOR``
-    .. versionadded:: 4.4
-
-    By default, ``PROPERTIES`` key-value pairs cannot have lists as their
-    values. By providing a non-semicolon character delimiter, it is possible to
-    pass lists as property values. Note that when doing so, the chosen character
-    cannot appear in any of the property values.
-
 #]=======================================================================]
 
 # Save project's policies
@@ -571,7 +562,6 @@ function(gtest_discover_tests target)
     DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT
     XML_OUTPUT_DIR
     DISCOVERY_MODE
-    LIST_SEPARATOR
   )
   set(multiValueArgs
     EXTRA_ARGS
diff --git a/Modules/GoogleTestAddTests.cmake b/Modules/GoogleTestAddTests.cmake
index 576b122173..c10c80a047 100644
--- a/Modules/GoogleTestAddTests.cmake
+++ b/Modules/GoogleTestAddTests.cmake
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ macro(write_test_to_file)
     set(maybe_LOCATION "DEF_SOURCE_LINE [==[${current_test_file}:${current_test_line}]==]")
   endif()
 
+  set(maybe_properties)
+  if(arg_TEST_PROPERTIES)
+    list(JOIN arg_TEST_PROPERTIES "]] [[" maybe_properties)
+    set(maybe_properties "[[${maybe_properties}]]")
+  endif()
+
   string(APPEND script
     "set_tests_properties(${guarded_testname}\n"
     "  PROPERTIES\n"
@@ -115,30 +121,9 @@ macro(write_test_to_file)
     "    ${maybe_LOCATION}\n"
     "    WORKING_DIRECTORY [==[${arg_TEST_WORKING_DIR}]==]\n"
     "    SKIP_REGULAR_EXPRESSION [==[\\[  SKIPPED \\]]==]\n"
+    "    ${maybe_properties}\n"
+    ")\n"
   )
-  if(arg_TEST_PROPERTIES)
-    # Making local copy of arg_TEST_PROPERTIES, as write_test_to_file is
-    # called in a loop and we don't want to destroy the parsed arg value
-    # by POP_FRONT-ing from it.
-    set(test_properties "${arg_TEST_PROPERTIES}")
-    list(LENGTH test_properties test_properties_length)
-    math(EXPR test_properties_length_mod2 "${test_properties_length} % 2")
-    if(NOT test_properties_length_mod2 EQUAL 0)
-      message(FATAL_ERROR
-        "gtest_discover_tests() received a key-value list of properties with an uneven number of elements.\n"
-        "Check the supplied TEST_PROPERTIES argument and LIST_SEPARATOR if used."
-      )
-    endif()
-    while(NOT test_properties_length EQUAL 0)
-      list(POP_FRONT test_properties property_name property_value)
-      list(LENGTH test_properties test_properties_length)
-      if(NOT "${arg_LIST_SEPARATOR}" STREQUAL "")
-        string(REPLACE "${arg_LIST_SEPARATOR}" ";" property_value "${property_value}")
-      endif()
-      string(APPEND script "    ${property_name} [==[${property_value}]==]\n")
-    endwhile()
-  endif()
-  string(APPEND script ")\n")
 
   # possibly unbalanced square brackets render lists invalid so skip such
   # tests in ${arg_TEST_LIST}
@@ -287,7 +272,6 @@ function(gtest_discover_tests_impl)
   set(oneValueArgs
     NO_PRETTY_TYPES   # These two take a value, unlike gtest_discover_tests()
     NO_PRETTY_VALUES  #
-    LIST_SEPARATOR
     TEST_TARGET
     TEST_EXECUTABLE
     TEST_WORKING_DIR
diff --git a/Tests/GoogleTest/Test/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/GoogleTest/Test/CMakeLists.txt
index 43848c0ef6..024e99756e 100644
--- a/Tests/GoogleTest/Test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/GoogleTest/Test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -115,14 +115,11 @@ if(NOT TEST GoogleTest.NoKeywords)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Test case GoogleTest.NoKeywords not defined")
 endif()
 
-# Check if LIST_SEPARATOR allows passing both ENVIRONMENT values to test
+# Check if PROPERTIES values are allowed to be lists
 add_executable(test_gtest5 main5.cxx)
 target_link_libraries(test_gtest5 GTest::Main)
 set(environment VALX=1 VALY=2)
-set(list_separator ",")
-list(JOIN environment ${list_separator} environment)
 gtest_discover_tests(test_gtest5
-  LIST_SEPARATOR ${list_separator}
   PROPERTIES
     ENVIRONMENT "${environment}"
 )