diff --git a/integration/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/ResourcesResponderV2Spec.scala b/integration/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/ResourcesResponderV2Spec.scala
index 6dcead0ba4..d12b3d2cc2 100644
--- a/integration/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/ResourcesResponderV2Spec.scala
+++ b/integration/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/ResourcesResponderV2Spec.scala
@@ -1048,10 +1048,8 @@ class ResourcesResponderV2Spec extends CoreSpec with ImplicitSender {
         ),
         "http://0.0.0.0:3333/ontology/0001/anything/v2#hasListItem".toSmartIri -> Seq(
           CreateValueInNewResourceV2(
-            valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-              ontologySchema = ApiV2Complex,
-              valueHasListNode = "http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/treeList03",
-            ),
+            valueContent =
+              HierarchicalListValueContentV2(ApiV2Complex, "http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/treeList03", None, None),
           ),
         ),
         "http://0.0.0.0:3333/ontology/0001/anything/v2#hasColor".toSmartIri -> Seq(
@@ -1555,8 +1553,10 @@ class ResourcesResponderV2Spec extends CoreSpec with ImplicitSender {
         "http://0.0.0.0:3333/ontology/0001/anything/v2#hasListItem".toSmartIri -> Seq(
           CreateValueInNewResourceV2(
             valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-              ontologySchema = ApiV2Complex,
-              valueHasListNode = "http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/nonexistent-list-node",
+              ApiV2Complex,
+              "http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/nonexistent-list-node",
+              None,
+              None,
             ),
           ),
         ),
diff --git a/integration/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/SearchResponderV2SpecFullData.scala b/integration/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/SearchResponderV2SpecFullData.scala
index bfeda2a9f4..cac9a6ea0c 100644
--- a/integration/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/SearchResponderV2SpecFullData.scala
+++ b/integration/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/SearchResponderV2SpecFullData.scala
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ class SearchResponderV2SpecFullData(implicit stringFormatter: StringFormatter) {
     deletionInfo = None,
   )
   val listValueTemplateReadOtherValue: ReadOtherValueV2 = ReadOtherValueV2(
-    valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-      ontologySchema = InternalSchema,
-      valueHasListNode = "",
-    ),
+    valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(InternalSchema, "", None, None),
     valueIri = "",
     valueHasUUID = UuidUtil.decode("d34d34d3-4d34-d34d-3496-2b2dfef6a5b9"),
     permissions =
@@ -285,10 +282,8 @@ class SearchResponderV2SpecFullData(implicit stringFormatter: StringFormatter) {
         values = Map(
           booksHasTextType.toSmartIri -> Vector(
             listValueTemplateReadOtherValue.copy(
-              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-                ontologySchema = InternalSchema,
-                valueHasListNode = "http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/ynm02-03",
-              ),
+              valueContent =
+                HierarchicalListValueContentV2(InternalSchema, "http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/ynm02-03", None, None),
               valueIri = "http://rdfh.ch/0001/book-instance-02/values/has-list-value-01",
               valueHasUUID = UuidUtil.decode("d34d34d3-4d34-d34d-3496-2b2dfef6a5b9"),
             ),
@@ -306,10 +301,8 @@ class SearchResponderV2SpecFullData(implicit stringFormatter: StringFormatter) {
         values = Map(
           booksHasTextType.toSmartIri -> Vector(
             listValueTemplateReadOtherValue.copy(
-              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-                ontologySchema = InternalSchema,
-                valueHasListNode = "http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/ynm02-04",
-              ),
+              valueContent =
+                HierarchicalListValueContentV2(InternalSchema, "http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/ynm02-04", None, None),
               valueIri = "http://rdfh.ch/0001/book-instance-03/values/has-list-value-02",
               valueHasUUID = UuidUtil.decode("d34d3496-2b2d-fef6-a5b9-efdf6a7b5ab3"),
             ),
@@ -322,10 +315,8 @@ class SearchResponderV2SpecFullData(implicit stringFormatter: StringFormatter) {
         values = Map(
           booksHasTextType.toSmartIri -> Vector(
             listValueTemplateReadOtherValue.copy(
-              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-                ontologySchema = InternalSchema,
-                valueHasListNode = "http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/ynm02-05",
-              ),
+              valueContent =
+                HierarchicalListValueContentV2(InternalSchema, "http://rdfh.ch/lists/0001/ynm02-05", None, None),
               valueIri = "http://rdfh.ch/0001/book-instance-04/values/has-list-value-03",
               valueHasUUID = UuidUtil.decode("d34962b2-dfef-6a5b-9efd-a76f7a7b6ead"),
             ),
diff --git a/integration/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/ValuesResponderV2Spec.scala b/integration/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/ValuesResponderV2Spec.scala
index cea05a3f2b..3ac150df90 100644
--- a/integration/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/ValuesResponderV2Spec.scala
+++ b/integration/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/ValuesResponderV2Spec.scala
@@ -1845,10 +1845,7 @@ class ValuesResponderV2Spec extends CoreSpec with ImplicitSender {
               resourceIri = resourceIri,
               resourceClassIri = "http://0.0.0.0:3333/ontology/0001/anything/v2#Thing".toSmartIri,
               propertyIri = propertyIri,
-              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-                ontologySchema = ApiV2Complex,
-                valueHasListNode = valueHasListNode,
-              ),
+              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(ApiV2Complex, valueHasListNode, None, None),
             ),
             requestingUser = anythingUser1,
             apiRequestID = randomUUID,
@@ -1889,10 +1886,7 @@ class ValuesResponderV2Spec extends CoreSpec with ImplicitSender {
               resourceIri = resourceIri,
               resourceClassIri = "http://0.0.0.0:3333/ontology/0001/anything/v2#Thing".toSmartIri,
               propertyIri = propertyIri,
-              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-                ontologySchema = ApiV2Complex,
-                valueHasListNode = valueHasListNode,
-              ),
+              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(ApiV2Complex, valueHasListNode, None, None),
             ),
             requestingUser = anythingUser1,
             apiRequestID = randomUUID,
@@ -1914,10 +1908,7 @@ class ValuesResponderV2Spec extends CoreSpec with ImplicitSender {
               resourceIri = resourceIri,
               resourceClassIri = "http://0.0.0.0:3333/ontology/0001/anything/v2#Thing".toSmartIri,
               propertyIri = propertyIri,
-              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-                ontologySchema = ApiV2Complex,
-                valueHasListNode = valueHasListNode,
-              ),
+              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(ApiV2Complex, valueHasListNode, None, None),
             ),
             requestingUser = anythingUser1,
             apiRequestID = randomUUID,
@@ -1940,10 +1931,7 @@ class ValuesResponderV2Spec extends CoreSpec with ImplicitSender {
               resourceIri = resourceIri,
               resourceClassIri = resourceClassIri,
               propertyIri = propertyIri,
-              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-                ontologySchema = ApiV2Complex,
-                valueHasListNode = valueHasListNode,
-              ),
+              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(ApiV2Complex, valueHasListNode, None, None),
             ),
             requestingUser = anythingUser1,
             apiRequestID = randomUUID,
@@ -3739,10 +3727,7 @@ class ValuesResponderV2Spec extends CoreSpec with ImplicitSender {
               resourceClassIri = "http://0.0.0.0:3333/ontology/0001/anything/v2#Thing".toSmartIri,
               propertyIri = propertyIri,
               valueIri = listValueIri.get,
-              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-                ontologySchema = ApiV2Complex,
-                valueHasListNode = valueHasListNode,
-              ),
+              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(ApiV2Complex, valueHasListNode, None, None),
             ),
             anythingUser1,
             randomUUID,
@@ -3783,10 +3768,7 @@ class ValuesResponderV2Spec extends CoreSpec with ImplicitSender {
               resourceClassIri = "http://0.0.0.0:3333/ontology/0001/anything/v2#Thing".toSmartIri,
               propertyIri = propertyIri,
               valueIri = listValueIri.get,
-              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-                ontologySchema = ApiV2Complex,
-                valueHasListNode = valueHasListNode,
-              ),
+              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(ApiV2Complex, valueHasListNode, None, None),
             ),
             anythingUser1,
             randomUUID,
@@ -3809,10 +3791,7 @@ class ValuesResponderV2Spec extends CoreSpec with ImplicitSender {
               resourceClassIri = "http://0.0.0.0:3333/ontology/0001/anything/v2#Thing".toSmartIri,
               propertyIri = propertyIri,
               valueIri = listValueIri.get,
-              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
-                ontologySchema = ApiV2Complex,
-                valueHasListNode = valueHasListNode,
-              ),
+              valueContent = HierarchicalListValueContentV2(ApiV2Complex, valueHasListNode, None, None),
             ),
             anythingUser1,
             randomUUID,
diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/v2/responder/valuemessages/ValueMessagesV2.scala b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/v2/responder/valuemessages/ValueMessagesV2.scala
index 79716f4289..a513528d6b 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/v2/responder/valuemessages/ValueMessagesV2.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/v2/responder/valuemessages/ValueMessagesV2.scala
@@ -2281,8 +2281,8 @@ object TimeValueContentV2 {
 case class HierarchicalListValueContentV2(
   ontologySchema: OntologySchema,
   valueHasListNode: IRI,
-  listNodeLabel: Option[String] = None,
-  comment: Option[String] = None,
+  listNodeLabel: Option[String],
+  comment: Option[String],
 ) extends ValueContentV2 {
   override def valueType: SmartIri = {
     implicit val stringFormatter: StringFormatter = StringFormatter.getGeneralInstance
@@ -2366,7 +2366,7 @@ object HierarchicalListValueContentV2 {
                .fail(BadRequestException(s"List node IRI <$listValueAsListNode> is not a Knora data IRI"))
                .when(!listValueAsListNode.isKnoraDataIri)
         comment <- JsonLDUtil.getComment(jsonLDObject)
-      } yield HierarchicalListValueContentV2(ApiV2Complex, listValueAsListNode.toString, comment)
+      } yield HierarchicalListValueContentV2(ApiV2Complex, listValueAsListNode.toString, None, comment)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/SearchResponderV2.scala b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/SearchResponderV2.scala
index a40b863314..8664595a51 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/SearchResponderV2.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/responders/v2/SearchResponderV2.scala
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import org.knora.webapi.messages.v2.responder.ontologymessages.ReadPropertyInfoV
 import org.knora.webapi.messages.v2.responder.resourcemessages.*
 import org.knora.webapi.slice.admin.domain.model.KnoraProject.ProjectIri
 import org.knora.webapi.slice.admin.domain.model.User
-import org.knora.webapi.slice.admin.domain.service.ProjectService
 import org.knora.webapi.slice.ontology.repo.service.OntologyCache
 import org.knora.webapi.slice.resourceinfo.domain.IriConverter
 import org.knora.webapi.store.triplestore.api.TriplestoreService