diff --git a/components/nif/data.cpp b/components/nif/data.cpp
index 1eb5c40fe6..235825e4a6 100644
--- a/components/nif/data.cpp
+++ b/components/nif/data.cpp
@@ -460,21 +460,9 @@ void NiPalette::read(NIFStream *nif)
 
 void NiStringPalette::read(NIFStream *nif)
 {
-    unsigned int size = nif->getUInt();
-    if (!size)
-        return;
-    std::vector<char> source;
-    nif->getChars(source, size);
-    if (nif->getUInt() != size)
+    palette = nif->getString();
+    if (nif->getUInt() != palette.size())
         nif->file->warn("Failed size check in NiStringPalette");
-    if (source[source.size()-1] != '\0')
-        source.emplace_back('\0');
-    const char* buffer = source.data();
-    while (static_cast<size_t>(buffer - source.data()) < source.size())
-    {
-        palette.emplace_back(buffer);
-        buffer += palette.back().size() + 1;
-    }
 }
 
 void NiBoolData::read(NIFStream *nif)
diff --git a/components/nif/data.hpp b/components/nif/data.hpp
index 4d13afb9d0..35f329573e 100644
--- a/components/nif/data.hpp
+++ b/components/nif/data.hpp
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ public:
 
 struct NiStringPalette : public Record
 {
-    std::vector<std::string> palette;
+    std::string palette;
     void read(NIFStream *nif) override;
 };