diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/github/steanky/element/core/dependency/ModuleDependencyProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/com/github/steanky/element/core/dependency/ModuleDependencyProvider.java
index 1b51040..e52cdfd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/github/steanky/element/core/dependency/ModuleDependencyProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/github/steanky/element/core/dependency/ModuleDependencyProvider.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
  * "named" dependencies by declaring a single {@link Key} object as a parameter.
  */
 public class ModuleDependencyProvider implements DependencyProvider {
-    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
-    private static final Map.Entry<Token<?>, Map<String, Supplier<?>>>[] EMPTY_ENTRY_ARRAY = new Map.Entry[0];
-
     private final DependencyModule module;
     private final Map<Token<?>, Map<String, Supplier<?>>> dependencyMap;
 
@@ -42,6 +39,7 @@ public class ModuleDependencyProvider implements DependencyProvider {
      * @param keyParser the {@link KeyParser} object used to convert strings to keys
      * @param module    the {@link DependencyModule} object to use
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public ModuleDependencyProvider(final @NotNull KeyParser keyParser, final @NotNull DependencyModule module) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(keyParser);
         this.module = Objects.requireNonNull(module);
@@ -123,7 +121,7 @@ public ModuleDependencyProvider(final @NotNull KeyParser keyParser, final @NotNu
         }
 
         final Map.Entry<Token<?>, Map<String, Supplier<?>>>[] array = dependencyMap.entrySet()
-                .toArray(EMPTY_ENTRY_ARRAY);
+                .toArray(Map.Entry[]::new);
         for (int i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
             final Map.Entry<Token<?>, Map<String, Supplier<?>>> entry = array[i];
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/github/steanky/element/core/util/ElementSearcher.java b/core/src/main/java/com/github/steanky/element/core/util/ElementSearcher.java
index 0ce30ae..f95a26f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/github/steanky/element/core/util/ElementSearcher.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/github/steanky/element/core/util/ElementSearcher.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public final class ElementSearcher {
      * @return an unmodifiable set of classes contained in the given package
      */
     public static @NotNull @Unmodifiable Set<Class<?>> getElementClassesInPackage(@NotNull String packageName) {
-        Objects.requireNonNull(packageName, "packageName");
+        Objects.requireNonNull(packageName);
         return Set.copyOf(new Reflections(new ConfigurationBuilder().forPackage(packageName))
                 .getTypesAnnotatedWith(Model.class));
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/github/steanky/element/core/util/Validate.java b/core/src/main/java/com/github/steanky/element/core/util/Validate.java
index 9854dce..9d6a344 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/github/steanky/element/core/util/Validate.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/github/steanky/element/core/util/Validate.java
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 /**
- * Contains utility methods designed to validate various conditions, usually in a reflection-related context.
+ * Contains utility methods designed to validate various conditions, usually in a reflection-related context. These
+ * methods are public for cross-package access within Element, but are not part of the public API and may be changed or
+ * removed at any time.
  */
 @ApiStatus.Internal
 public final class Validate {