diff --git a/src/Kiota.Builder/Writers/Php/CodeMethodWriter.cs b/src/Kiota.Builder/Writers/Php/CodeMethodWriter.cs
index 5d228ee5db..a8601c382a 100644
--- a/src/Kiota.Builder/Writers/Php/CodeMethodWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Kiota.Builder/Writers/Php/CodeMethodWriter.cs
@@ -482,36 +482,12 @@ private string GetDeserializationMethodName(CodeTypeBase propType, CodeMethod me
         var parseNodeMethod = string.Empty;
         if (propType is CodeType currentType)
         {
-            var collectionMethod = propType.IsArray ? "Array" : "Collection";
             if (isCollection)
-                // parseNodeMethod = currentType.TypeDefinition switch
-                // {
-                //     //CodeType codeType when codeType.TypeDefinition == null => $"getCollectionOfPrimitiveValues([{conventions.TranslateType(propType)}::class, '{CreateDiscriminatorMethodName}'])",
-                //     CodeEnum enumType => $"getCollectionOfEnumValues({enumType.Name.ToFirstCharacterUpperCase()}::class)",
-                //     //CodeType codeType when conventions.PrimitiveTypes.Contains(codeType.Name.ToLowerInvariant()) => $"getCollectionOfPrimitiveValues([{conventions.TranslateType(propType)}::class, '{CreateDiscriminatorMethodName}'])",
-                //     _ => $"getCollectionOfPrimitiveValues([{conventions.TranslateType(propType)}::class, '{CreateDiscriminatorMethodName}'])"
-                // };
-                if (currentType.TypeDefinition is null)
-                {
-                    //Set the parseNodeMethod to the appropriate method for the collection of primitive values
-                    parseNodeMethod = $"getStringValue()";
-                }
-                // else if (conventions.PrimitiveTypes.Contains(currentType.TypeDefinition.Name.ToLowerInvariant()))
-                // {
-                //     parseNodeMethod = currentType.TypeDefinition.Name.ToLowerInvariant();
-                // }
-                // else if (conventions.CustomTypes.Contains(currentType.TypeDefinition.Name.ToFirstCharacterUpperCase()))
-                // {
-                //     parseNodeMethod = currentType.TypeDefinition.Name.ToLowerInvariant();
-                // }
-                else if (currentType.TypeDefinition is CodeEnum)
+                parseNodeMethod = currentType.TypeDefinition switch
                 {
-                    parseNodeMethod = $"getCollectionOfEnumValues({currentType.TypeDefinition.Name.ToFirstCharacterUpperCase()}::class)";
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    parseNodeMethod = $"getCollectionOfObjectValues([{conventions.TranslateType(propType)}::class, '{CreateDiscriminatorMethodName}'])";
-                }
+                    CodeEnum enumType => $"getCollectionOfEnumValues({enumType.Name.ToFirstCharacterUpperCase()}::class)",
+                    _ => $"getCollectionOfObjectValues([{conventions.TranslateType(propType)}::class, '{CreateDiscriminatorMethodName}'])"
+                };
             else if (currentType.TypeDefinition is CodeEnum)
                 parseNodeMethod = $"getEnumValue({propertyType.ToFirstCharacterUpperCase()}::class)";
         }
@@ -525,9 +501,6 @@ private string GetDeserializationMethodName(CodeTypeBase propType, CodeMethod me
             "decimal" or "double" => "getFloatValue()",
             "streaminterface" => "getBinaryContent()",
             "byte" => "getByteValue()",
-            // "string" => "getStringValue()",
-            // "date" => "getDateValue()",
-            // "datetime" => "getDateTimeValue()",
             _ when conventions.PrimitiveTypes.Contains(lowerCaseType) => $"get{propertyType.ToFirstCharacterUpperCase()}Value()",
             _ => $"getObjectValue([{propertyType.ToFirstCharacterUpperCase()}::class, '{CreateDiscriminatorMethodName}'])",
         } : parseNodeMethod;
@@ -956,7 +929,6 @@ private void WriteFactoryMethodBodyForIntersectionModel(CodeMethod codeElement,
             writer.CloseBlock(decreaseIndent: false);
     }
 
-
     private void WriteFactoryMethodBodyForUnionModelForDiscriminatedTypes(CodeMethod codeElement, CodeClass parentClass, LanguageWriter writer)
     {
         var includeElse = false;