diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/ClassComparisonUtil.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/ClassComparisonUtil.java
index 670043b5a97245..534eec7cc85c27 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/ClassComparisonUtil.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/dev/ClassComparisonUtil.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -21,12 +20,10 @@
 import org.jboss.jandex.Type;
 
 public class ClassComparisonUtil {
-    static Set<DotName> ignores = new HashSet<>();
-
-    static {
-        ignores.add(DotName.createSimple("kotlin.jvm.internal.SourceDebugExtension"));
-        ignores.add(DotName.createSimple("kotlin.Metadata"));
-    }
+    private static final Set<DotName> IGNORED_ANNOTATIONS = Set.of(
+        DotName.createSimple("kotlin.jvm.internal.SourceDebugExtension"),
+        DotName.createSimple("kotlin.Metadata")
+    );
 
     static boolean isSameStructure(ClassInfo clazz, ClassInfo old) {
         if (clazz.flags() != old.flags()) {
@@ -170,7 +167,7 @@ private static void methodMap(Collection<AnnotationInstance> b, List<AnnotationI
     }
 
     private static boolean compareAnnotation(AnnotationInstance a, AnnotationInstance b) {
-        if (ignores.contains(a.name())) {
+        if (IGNORED_ANNOTATIONS.contains(a.name())) {
             return true;
         }
         List<AnnotationValue> valuesA = a.values();