diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/FormControlInfrastructure.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/FormControlInfrastructure.cpp
index 7f4eb2763a..06eb66cd47 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/FormControlInfrastructure.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/FormControlInfrastructure.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ WebIDL::ExceptionOr<Optional<Vector<XHR::FormDataEntry>>> construct_entry_list(J
             for (auto const& option_element : select_element->list_of_options()) {
                 if (option_element->selected() && !option_element->disabled()) {
                     auto option_name = TRY_OR_THROW_OOM(vm, String::from_deprecated_string(option_element->name()));
-                    auto option_value = TRY_OR_THROW_OOM(vm, String::from_deprecated_string(option_element->value()));
+                    auto option_value = option_element->value();
                     TRY_OR_THROW_OOM(vm, entry_list.try_append(XHR::FormDataEntry { .name = move(option_name), .value = move(option_value) }));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.cpp
index bc453b1d1d..aee6c046eb 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.cpp
@@ -60,18 +60,15 @@ void HTMLOptionElement::set_selected(bool selected)
 }
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-elements.html#dom-option-value
-DeprecatedString HTMLOptionElement::value() const
+String HTMLOptionElement::value() const
 {
     // The value of an option element is the value of the value content attribute, if there is one.
-    if (auto value_attr = get_attribute(HTML::AttributeNames::value); !value_attr.is_null())
-        return value_attr;
-
     // ...or, if there is not, the value of the element's text IDL attribute.
-    return text();
+    return attribute(HTML::AttributeNames::value).value_or(text());
 }
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-elements.html#dom-option-value
-WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> HTMLOptionElement::set_value(DeprecatedString value)
+WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> HTMLOptionElement::set_value(String const& value)
 {
     return set_attribute(HTML::AttributeNames::value, value);
 }
@@ -89,7 +86,7 @@ static void concatenate_descendants_text_content(DOM::Node const* node, StringBu
 }
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-elements.html#dom-option-text
-DeprecatedString HTMLOptionElement::text() const
+String HTMLOptionElement::text() const
 {
     StringBuilder builder;
 
@@ -101,13 +98,13 @@ DeprecatedString HTMLOptionElement::text() const
     });
 
     // Return the result of stripping and collapsing ASCII whitespace from the above concatenation.
-    return Infra::strip_and_collapse_whitespace(builder.string_view()).release_value_but_fixme_should_propagate_errors().to_deprecated_string();
+    return MUST(Infra::strip_and_collapse_whitespace(builder.string_view()));
 }
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-elements.html#dom-option-text
-void HTMLOptionElement::set_text(DeprecatedString text)
+void HTMLOptionElement::set_text(String const& text)
 {
-    string_replace_all(text);
+    string_replace_all(text.to_deprecated_string());
 }
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-elements.html#concept-option-index
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.h
index 55fde71add..f8bc35d088 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.h
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ public:
     bool selected() const { return m_selected; }
     void set_selected(bool);
 
-    DeprecatedString value() const;
-    WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> set_value(DeprecatedString);
+    String value() const;
+    WebIDL::ExceptionOr<void> set_value(String const&);
 
-    DeprecatedString text() const;
-    void set_text(DeprecatedString);
+    String text() const;
+    void set_text(String const&);
 
     int index() const;
 
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.idl b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.idl
index eb614b324c..b1807007ac 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.idl
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLOptionElement.idl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #import <HTML/HTMLElement.idl>
 
 // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-elements.html#htmloptionelement
-[Exposed=Window,  LegacyFactoryFunction=Option(optional DOMString text = "", optional DOMString value, optional boolean defaultSelected = false, optional boolean selected = false), UseDeprecatedAKString]
+[Exposed=Window,  LegacyFactoryFunction=Option(optional DOMString text = "", optional DOMString value, optional boolean defaultSelected = false, optional boolean selected = false)]
 interface HTMLOptionElement : HTMLElement {
 
     [HTMLConstructor] constructor();