diff --git a/src/ui/ElementStyler.js b/src/ui/ElementStyler.js
index 402bedd..bc7f35f 100644
--- a/src/ui/ElementStyler.js
+++ b/src/ui/ElementStyler.js
@@ -153,18 +153,6 @@ module.exports = Class( 'ElementStyler',
                 : val;
         },
 
-        'datalist': function( value, ref_id )
-        {
-            var val = this._selectData[ref_id][value];
-
-            // return the string associated with the given value
-            // (the text for the option), or the given value if it does not
-            // exist
-            return ( val === undefined )
-                ? value
-                : val;
-        },
-
         'dateTime': function( value )
         {
             var ret_val = new Date( ( +value ) * 1000 );
@@ -403,9 +391,9 @@ module.exports = Class( 'ElementStyler',
     {
         var $element = this.getElementByName( name, index, null, $context );
 
-        // if the provided question is not a select or a datalist, then we cannot add options
+        // if the provided question is not a select, then we cannot add options
         // to it---use the first index instead
-        if ( ! [ 'select', 'datalist' ].includes( this._getElementType( name ) ) )
+        if ( this._getElementType( name ) !== 'select' )
         {
             $element.val( ( options[ 0 ] || { value: '' } ).value );
             return;
diff --git a/src/validate/standardBucketValidator.js b/src/validate/standardBucketValidator.js
index c031cee..97d5427 100644
--- a/src/validate/standardBucketValidator.js
+++ b/src/validate/standardBucketValidator.js
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ module.exports = function( type_map )
             city:       formatter.CityFormatter,
             currency:   formatter.CurrencyFormatter(),
             'float':    formatter.FloatFormatter,
-            datalist:   Base.use( formatter.Number )(),
             date:       formatter.FullDateFormatter,
             dollars:    formatter.DollarFormatter(),
             manualDate: formatter.FullDateFormatter,
@@ -74,14 +73,14 @@ module.exports = function( type_map )
                 .use( formatter.MultiDimension( '; ' ) )(),
 
             // no validators for these (yet)
-            select:      formatter.VoidFormatter,
-            noyes:       formatter.VoidFormatter,
-            radio:       formatter.VoidFormatter,
-            legacyradio: formatter.VoidFormatter,
-            text:        formatter.VoidFormatter,
-            explain:     formatter.VoidFormatter,
-            dateTime:    formatter.VoidFormatter,
-            waitable:    formatter.VoidFormatter,
+            select:  formatter.VoidFormatter,
+            noyes:   formatter.VoidFormatter,
+            radio:   formatter.VoidFormatter,
+            legacyradio:   formatter.VoidFormatter,
+            text:    formatter.VoidFormatter,
+            explain: formatter.VoidFormatter,
+            dateTime:   formatter.VoidFormatter,
+            waitable:   formatter.VoidFormatter,
 
             /* TODO:*/
             state:      formatter.VoidFormatter,