diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilter.java b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilter.java
index ad758b18bf5..f1e331591af 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilter.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilter.java
@@ -1031,29 +1031,17 @@ public class DoSFilter implements Filter
     /**
      * Set a list of IP addresses that will not be rate limited.
      *
-     * @param value comma-separated whitelist
+     * @param commaSeparatedList comma-separated whitelist
      */
-    public void setWhitelist(String value)
+    public void setWhitelist(String commaSeparatedList)
     {
         List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (String address : value.split(","))
+        for (String address : commaSeparatedList.split(","))
             addWhitelistAddress(result, address);
         clearWhitelist();
         _whitelist.addAll(result);
         LOG.debug("Whitelisted IP addresses: {}", result);
     }
-    
-    /**
-     * Set a list of IP addresses that will not be rate limited.
-     *
-     * @param values whitelist
-     */
-    public void setWhitelist(List<String> values)
-    {
-        clearWhitelist();
-        _whitelist.addAll(values);
-        LOG.debug("Whitelisted IP addresses: {}", values);
-    }
 
     /**
      * Clears the list of whitelisted IP addresses
diff --git a/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilterTest.java b/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilterTest.java
index 93177e90250..35001a20272 100644
--- a/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilterTest.java
+++ b/jetty-servlets/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlets/DoSFilterTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class DoSFilterTest extends AbstractDoSFilterTest
         whitelist.add("10.0.0.0/8");
         whitelist.add("4d8:0:a:1234:ABc:1F:b18:17");
         whitelist.add("4d8:0:a:1234:ABc:1F:0:0/96");
-        filter.setWhitelist(whitelist);
+        filter.setWhitelist("192.168.0.1/32,10.0.0.0/8,4d8:0:a:1234:ABc:1F:b18:17,4d8:0:a:1234:ABc:1F:0:0/96");
         Assert.assertTrue(filter.checkWhitelist("192.168.0.1"));
         Assert.assertFalse(filter.checkWhitelist("192.168.0.2"));
         Assert.assertFalse(filter.checkWhitelist("11.12.13.14"));