diff --git a/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/utils/LicenseUtil.java b/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/utils/LicenseUtil.java
index 975dbf39f1c7..815cc9edcce4 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/utils/LicenseUtil.java
+++ b/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/utils/LicenseUtil.java
@@ -12,15 +12,13 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
-import org.w3c.dom.Document;
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-
 /**
  *  Class is copied from the LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ (This class is taken from UFAL-clarin.
  *  https://github.com/ufal/clarin-dspace/blob
@@ -200,28 +198,15 @@ public static String uriToAvailability(String uri) {
         return "available-restrictedUse";
     }
 
-    public static org.w3c.dom.NodeList uriToRestrictions(String uri)
+    public static List<String> uriToRestrictions(String uri)
             throws ParserConfigurationException {
-
-        DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
-        javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder builder;
-        builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
-
-        Document doc = builder.newDocument();
-        Element root = doc.createElement("restrictions");
-
         String restrictions = _uri2restrictions.get(uri);
         if (Objects.isNull(restrictions)) {
             restrictions = "other";
         }
-
-        for (String restriction : restrictions.split(",")) {
-            Element res = doc.createElement("restriction");
-            res.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(restriction));
-            root.appendChild(res);
-        }
-
-        return root.getElementsByTagName("restriction");
+        List<String> ret = new LinkedList<>();
+        Collections.addAll(ret, restrictions.split(","));
+        return ret;
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
diff --git a/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/services/impl/resources/functions/NodeListXslFunction.java b/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/services/impl/resources/functions/NodeListXslFunction.java
index 0d0c05163016..a016aaff491d 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/services/impl/resources/functions/NodeListXslFunction.java
+++ b/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/services/impl/resources/functions/NodeListXslFunction.java
@@ -10,26 +10,25 @@
 
 import static org.dspace.xoai.services.impl.resources.functions.StringXSLFunction.BASE;
 
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
-import net.sf.saxon.s9api.DocumentBuilder;
 import net.sf.saxon.s9api.ExtensionFunction;
 import net.sf.saxon.s9api.ItemType;
 import net.sf.saxon.s9api.OccurrenceIndicator;
-import net.sf.saxon.s9api.Processor;
 import net.sf.saxon.s9api.QName;
 import net.sf.saxon.s9api.SaxonApiException;
 import net.sf.saxon.s9api.SequenceType;
 import net.sf.saxon.s9api.XdmAtomicValue;
+import net.sf.saxon.s9api.XdmItem;
 import net.sf.saxon.s9api.XdmValue;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.bouncycastle.util.Arrays;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
-
 
 
 /**
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ public abstract class NodeListXslFunction implements ExtensionFunction {
     private static final Logger log = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(NodeListXslFunction.class);
     protected abstract String getFnName();
 
-    protected abstract NodeList getNodeList(String param);
+    protected abstract List<String> getList(String param);
     @Override
     final public QName getName() {
         return new QName(BASE, getFnName());
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ final public QName getName() {
 
     @Override
     final public SequenceType getResultType() {
-        return SequenceType.makeSequenceType(ItemType.ANY_NODE, OccurrenceIndicator.ZERO_OR_MORE);
+        return SequenceType.makeSequenceType(ItemType.STRING, OccurrenceIndicator.ZERO_OR_MORE);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -76,12 +75,7 @@ final public XdmValue call(XdmValue[] xdmValues) throws SaxonApiException {
             val = "";
         }
 
-
-        NodeList nodeList = getNodeList(val);
-        // TODO: 2024/07 (mb) Below is attempted fix that does not work yet.
-        // see https://github.com/dataquest-dev/DSpace/issues/709
-//        Node oneNode = nodeList.item(0);
-
+        List<String> list = getList(val);
         DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
         javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder db = null;
         try {
@@ -90,24 +84,15 @@ final public XdmValue call(XdmValue[] xdmValues) throws SaxonApiException {
             Element rootElement = newDoc.createElement("root");
             newDoc.appendChild(rootElement);
 
-            for (int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
-                try {
-                    rootElement.appendChild(newDoc.importNode(nodeList.item(i), true));
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    log.error("Error while importing node", e);
-                }
-
+            List<XdmItem> items = new LinkedList<>();
+            for (String item : list) {
+                items.add(new XdmAtomicValue(item));
             }
-            Processor processor = new Processor(false);
-            DocumentBuilder saxonDb = processor.newDocumentBuilder();
-            XdmValue xdmValue = saxonDb.wrap(newDoc);
+            return new XdmValue(items);
 
-            return xdmValue;
         } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
 
-
-
     }
 }
diff --git a/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/services/impl/resources/functions/UriToRestrictionsFn.java b/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/services/impl/resources/functions/UriToRestrictionsFn.java
index 3487cde434ab..a9f63e035ab9 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/services/impl/resources/functions/UriToRestrictionsFn.java
+++ b/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/services/impl/resources/functions/UriToRestrictionsFn.java
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
 
 package org.dspace.xoai.services.impl.resources.functions;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
 import org.dspace.utils.LicenseUtil;
 
+
 /**
  * Serves as proxy for call from XSL engine. Calls LicenseUtil
  * @author Marian Berger (marian.berger at dataquest.sk)
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ protected String getFnName() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected org.w3c.dom.NodeList getNodeList(String param) {
+    protected List<String> getList(String param) {
         try {
             return LicenseUtil.uriToRestrictions(param);
         } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {