diff --git a/src/database/mongo/sorted/remove.js b/src/database/mongo/sorted/remove.js
index 80f9221604..ab4fd90b33 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo/sorted/remove.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo/sorted/remove.js
@@ -11,16 +11,20 @@ module.exports = function (db, module) {
 		if (!key) {
 			return callback();
 		}
+
+		if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+			value = value.map(helpers.valueToString);
+		} else {
+			value = helpers.valueToString(value);
+		}
+
 		if (Array.isArray(key) && Array.isArray(value)) {
 			db.collection('objects').deleteMany({ _key: { $in: key }, value: { $in: value } }, done);
 		} else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
-			value = value.map(helpers.valueToString);
 			db.collection('objects').deleteMany({ _key: key, value: { $in: value } }, done);
 		} else if (Array.isArray(key)) {
-			value = helpers.valueToString(value);
 			db.collection('objects').deleteMany({ _key: { $in: key }, value: value }, done);
 		} else {
-			value = helpers.valueToString(value);
 			db.collection('objects').deleteOne({ _key: key, value: value }, done);
 		}
 	};
diff --git a/test/database/sorted.js b/test/database/sorted.js
index 6d31d80935..ab6ba95652 100644
--- a/test/database/sorted.js
+++ b/test/database/sorted.js
@@ -708,9 +708,9 @@ describe('Sorted Set methods', function () {
 				assert.ifError(err);
 				db.sortedSetAdd('multiTest6', [2], ['two'], function (err) {
 					assert.ifError(err);
-					db.sortedSetAdd('multiTest7', [3], ['three'], function (err) {
+					db.sortedSetAdd('multiTest7', [3], [333], function (err) {
 						assert.ifError(err);
-						db.sortedSetRemove(['multiTest5', 'multiTest6', 'multiTest7'], ['one', 'two', 'three'], function (err) {
+						db.sortedSetRemove(['multiTest5', 'multiTest6', 'multiTest7'], ['one', 'two', 333], function (err) {
 							assert.ifError(err);
 							db.getSortedSetsMembers(['multiTest5', 'multiTest6', 'multiTest7'], function (err, members) {
 								assert.ifError(err);