Copy and paste values without including the drop-down list

The source data is collected using drop-down menus. In moving the data from one workbook to another, the drop-down lists are carried over into the destination cells. I have used both: paste special "values" and paste special "valuesandnumber formats". The code in the else statement produces the same result as the 2 step process above it. Thanks in advance

Sub extractData(sourcedata, Dataset)

    Dim finalRow As Integer
    Dim rowCount As Integer
    Dim emptyRow As Integer
    Dim pasteRange As Range
       
    
emptyRow = (Dataset.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row) + 1
rowCount = sourcedata.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row

If sourcedata.Cells(rowCount, 2) > 2 Then
'Loop through Source - paste to Master

With sourcedata

  If rowCount > 2 Then
        'Remove formatting
    .Cells.EntireRow.Interior.ColorIndex = 0
    .Cells.EntireRow.Borders.LineStyle = xlNone
    
        'Copy and Paste Data from source to dataset
    .Range(("A3:AX" & .Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row)).Copy
    Set pasteRange = Dataset.Cells(emptyRow, 1)
    pasteRange.PasteSpecial ()
  Else
    .Cells.EntireRow.Interior.ColorIndex = 0
    .Cells.EntireRow.Borders.LineStyle = xlNone
    .Range(("A3:AX" & .Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row)).Copy _
    Dataset.Cells(emptyRow, 1)
  End If
'Application.CutCopyMode = False
End With
End If

End Sub