diff --git a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/list/list.tsx b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/list/list.tsx
index 0b033ab54a1..c46e9fc6c56 100755
--- a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/list/list.tsx
+++ b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/list/list.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ import { useT9n } from "../../controllers/useT9n";
 import type { ListItem } from "../list-item/list-item";
 import type { Filter } from "../filter/filter";
 import type { ListItemGroup } from "../list-item-group/list-item-group";
-import { CSS, debounceTimeout, SelectionAppearance, SLOTS } from "./resources";
+import { DEBOUNCE } from "../../utils/resources";
+import { CSS, SelectionAppearance, SLOTS } from "./resources";
 import T9nStrings from "./assets/t9n/messages.en.json";
 import { ListElement } from "./interfaces";
 import { ListDragDetail, ListDisplayMode, ListMoveDetail } from "./interfaces";
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ export class List
     this.setActiveListItem();
     this.updateSelectedItems();
     this.setUpSorting();
-  }, debounceTimeout);
+  }, DEBOUNCE.nextTick);
 
   private visibleItems: ListItem["el"][] = [];
 
diff --git a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/list/resources.ts b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/list/resources.ts
index f48167b3092..a5533ba6578 100644
--- a/packages/calcite-components/src/components/list/resources.ts
+++ b/packages/calcite-components/src/components/list/resources.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ export const CSS = {
   assistiveText: "assistive-text",
 };
 
-export const debounceTimeout = 0;
-
 export type SelectionAppearance = "border" | "icon";
 
 export const SLOTS = {