diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/umbvariantcontent.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/umbvariantcontent.directive.js
index b754a88f53..b23be77fc1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/umbvariantcontent.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/umbvariantcontent.directive.js
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
     var umbVariantContent = {
         templateUrl: 'views/components/content/umb-variant-content.html',
         bindings: {
-            content: "=",
+            content: "<",
             page: "<",
-            editor: "=",
+            editor: "<",
             editorIndex: "<",
             editorCount: "<",
             onCloseSplitView: "&",
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/umbvariantcontenteditors.directive.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/umbvariantcontenteditors.directive.js
index 7a266163be..7b0b3508be 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/umbvariantcontenteditors.directive.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/directives/components/content/umbvariantcontenteditors.directive.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         templateUrl: 'views/components/content/umb-variant-content-editors.html',
         bindings: {
             page: "<",
-            content: "=",
+            content: "<",
             culture: "<",
             segment: "<",
             onSelectApp: "&?",