diff --git a/src/compile/nodes/Text.ts b/src/compile/nodes/Text.ts
index cda63ee5f3..bba5b2848b 100644
--- a/src/compile/nodes/Text.ts
+++ b/src/compile/nodes/Text.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ const elementsWithoutText = new Set([
 	'audio',
 	'datalist',
 	'dl',
-	'ol',
 	'optgroup',
 	'select',
-	'ul',
 	'video',
 ]);
 
@@ -39,8 +37,6 @@ export default class Text extends Node {
 	}
 
 	init(block: Block) {
-		const parentElement = this.findNearest(/(?:Element|Component)/);
-
 		if (shouldSkip(this)) {
 			this.shouldSkip = true;
 			return;
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/whitespace-list/_config.js b/test/runtime/samples/whitespace-list/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd58453e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/whitespace-list/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+export default {
+	data: {
+		// so it doesn't use innerHTML
+		one: 'one',
+		two: 'two',
+		three: 'three'
+	},
+
+	html: `
+		<ul>
+			<li>one</li>
+			<li>two</li>
+			<li>three</li>
+		</ul>
+	`,
+
+	test(assert, component, target) {
+		const ul = target.querySelector('ul');
+
+		assert.equal(ul.childNodes.length, 5);
+	},
+};
diff --git a/test/runtime/samples/whitespace-list/main.html b/test/runtime/samples/whitespace-list/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c66f7344e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/runtime/samples/whitespace-list/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<ul>
+	<li>{one}</li>
+	<li>{two}</li>
+	<li>{three}</li>
+</ul>
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