diff --git a/src/sonic-utilities b/src/sonic-utilities
index 3490d3ac19e8..3d9be4574838 160000
--- a/src/sonic-utilities
+++ b/src/sonic-utilities
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3490d3ac19e8a71a0b535fd77cfe635a569d89fc
+Subproject commit 3d9be4574838647d442c6e1205e424051b78c1f6
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-acl.yang b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-acl.yang
index 37b16ef0a003..a0155e69e417 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-acl.yang
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-acl.yang
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ module sonic-acl {
 				}
 
 				leaf-list ports {
-                    /* union of leafref is allowed in YANG 1.1 */
+					/* union of leafref is allowed in YANG 1.1 */
 					type union {
 						type leafref {
 							path /port:sonic-port/port:PORT/port:PORT_LIST/port:port_name;
@@ -275,7 +275,15 @@ module sonic-acl {
 						type leafref {
 							path /lag:sonic-portchannel/lag:PORTCHANNEL/lag:PORTCHANNEL_LIST/lag:portchannel_name;
 						}
+						type string {
+							pattern "";
+						}
 					}
+					/* Today in SONiC, we do not delete the list once
+					 * created, instead we set to empty list. Due to that
+					 * below default values are needed.
+					 */
+					default "";
 				}
 			}
 			/* end of ACL_TABLE_LIST */
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-portchannel.yang b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-portchannel.yang
index a9bc5dc3b1bf..bf342b9fcfec 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-portchannel.yang
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-portchannel.yang
@@ -60,9 +60,19 @@ module sonic-portchannel {
 
 				leaf-list members {
 					/* leaf-list members are unique by default */
-					type leafref {
-						path /port:sonic-port/port:PORT/port:PORT_LIST/port:port_name;
+					type union {
+						type leafref {
+							path /port:sonic-port/port:PORT/port:PORT_LIST/port:port_name;
+						}
+						type string {
+							pattern "";
+						}
 					}
+					/* Today in SONiC, we do not delete the list once
+					 * created, instead we set to empty list. Due to that
+					 * below default values are needed.
+					 */
+					default "";
 				}
 
 				leaf min_links {
diff --git a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-vlan.yang b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-vlan.yang
index d345241c6f74..cba7ce1d0f8e 100644
--- a/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-vlan.yang
+++ b/src/sonic-yang-models/yang-models/sonic-vlan.yang
@@ -161,14 +161,6 @@ module sonic-vlan {
 				leaf admin_status {
 					type head:admin_status;
 				}
-
-				leaf-list members {
-					/* leaf-list members are unique by default */
-
-					type leafref {
-						path "/port:sonic-port/port:PORT/port:PORT_LIST/port:port_name";
-					}
-				}
 			}
 			/* end of VLAN_LIST */
 		}