diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Tagger/PerformerModal.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Tagger/PerformerModal.tsx
index d4c8bba16..79f80708a 100755
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Tagger/PerformerModal.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Tagger/PerformerModal.tsx
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ const PerformerModal: React.FC<IPerformerModalProps> = ({
       if (excluded[k] || !performerData[k]) {
         performerData[k] = undefined;
       }
+      // #5565 - special case aliases as the names differ
+      if (k == "alias_list" && excluded.aliases) {
+        performerData.alias_list = undefined;
+      }
     });
 
     onSave(performerData);