diff --git a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/callable/atom/AtomConstructor.java b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/callable/atom/AtomConstructor.java
index a2f235901ad6..b6b392a42f87 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/callable/atom/AtomConstructor.java
+++ b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/callable/atom/AtomConstructor.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public final class AtomConstructor implements TruffleObject {
   private @CompilerDirectives.CompilationFinal Function constructorFunction;
 
   private @CompilerDirectives.CompilationFinal AtomConstructor parentType;
-  private @CompilerDirectives.CompilationFinal scala.collection.immutable.List<AtomConstructor> variants;
+  private @CompilerDirectives.CompilationFinal(dimensions = 1) AtomConstructor[] variants;
 
   /**
    * Creates a new Atom constructor for a given name. The constructor is not valid until {@link
@@ -257,21 +257,34 @@ public String toString() {
    *
    * @return the parent of this atom constructor if it is a variant in a sum type, null otherwise
    */
-  public AtomConstructor getParentType() { return parentType; }
+  public AtomConstructor getParentType() {
+    return parentType;
+  }
 
   public void setParentType(AtomConstructor parent) {
+    CompilerDirectives.transferToInterpreterAndInvalidate();
+    if (parentType != null) throw new IllegalStateException("parent type already initialized");
     parentType = parent;
   }
 
   /**
-   * Gets the list of all variants of this constructor if this is a variant in a sum type.
+   * Gets the array of all variants of this constructor if this is a variant in a sum type.
    *
-   * @return
+   * @return the array of variants
    */
-  public List<AtomConstructor> getVariants() { return variants; }
+  public AtomConstructor[] getVariants() {
+    if (variants == null) throw new IllegalStateException("variants not initialized");
+    return variants.clone();
+  }
 
-  public void setVariants(List<AtomConstructor> variantConstructors) {
-    variants = variantConstructors;
+  /**
+   * Sets the array of all variants of this constructor when used as a sum type.
+   */
+
+  public void setVariants(AtomConstructor[] variantConstructors) {
+    CompilerDirectives.transferToInterpreterAndInvalidate();
+    if (variants != null) throw new IllegalStateException("variants already initialized");
+    variants = variantConstructors.clone();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/engine/runtime/src/main/scala/org/enso/compiler/codegen/RuntimeStubsGenerator.scala b/engine/runtime/src/main/scala/org/enso/compiler/codegen/RuntimeStubsGenerator.scala
index c249e34d8292..4c023e7695f8 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/src/main/scala/org/enso/compiler/codegen/RuntimeStubsGenerator.scala
+++ b/engine/runtime/src/main/scala/org/enso/compiler/codegen/RuntimeStubsGenerator.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class RuntimeStubsGenerator(builtins: Builtins) {
     // link parents to variants and vice versa
     constructors.foreach { case (tp,tcons) =>
       val variants = tp.variants.map(scope.getConstructor(_).get()).toList;
-      tcons.setVariants(variants);
+      tcons.setVariants(variants.toArray);
       variants.foreach(_.setParentType(tcons));
     }
   }
diff --git a/engine/runtime/src/main/scala/org/enso/compiler/phase/StubIrBuilder.scala b/engine/runtime/src/main/scala/org/enso/compiler/phase/StubIrBuilder.scala
index 29867026b52e..182a14dfb3de 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/src/main/scala/org/enso/compiler/phase/StubIrBuilder.scala
+++ b/engine/runtime/src/main/scala/org/enso/compiler/phase/StubIrBuilder.scala
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ package org.enso.compiler.phase
 import org.enso.compiler.core.IR
 import org.enso.compiler.core.ir.MetadataStorage._
 import org.enso.compiler.data.BindingsMap
-import org.enso.compiler.data.BindingsMap.{ModuleReference, ResolvedConstructor, ResolvedMethod}
 import org.enso.compiler.pass.analyse.BindingAnalysis
 import org.enso.interpreter.runtime.Module
 
+import scala.collection.immutable.ArraySeq
 import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
 
 /** Builds an IR stub. This is useful for source-less modules (such as
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ object StubIrBuilder {
           cons.getArity,
           allFieldsDefaulted = false,
           builtinType = false,
-          variants = cons.getVariants.map(_.getName)
+          variants = ArraySeq.unsafeWrapArray(cons.getVariants).map(_.getName)
         );
       }
     val moduleMethods = Option(scope.getMethods.get(scope.getAssociatedType))
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ object StubIrBuilder {
     val exportedBindings = definedConstructors.map(c =>
       (
         c.name.toLowerCase,
-        List(ResolvedConstructor(ModuleReference.Concrete(module), c))
+        List(BindingsMap.ResolvedConstructor(BindingsMap.ModuleReference.Concrete(module), c))
       )
     ) ++ moduleMethods.map(m =>
-      (m.name, List(ResolvedMethod(ModuleReference.Concrete(module), m)))
+      (m.name, List(BindingsMap.ResolvedMethod(BindingsMap.ModuleReference.Concrete(module), m)))
     )
     val meta = BindingsMap(
       definedConstructors,
       polyglot,
       moduleMethods,
-      ModuleReference.Concrete(module)
+      BindingsMap.ModuleReference.Concrete(module)
     )
     meta.exportedSymbols = exportedBindings.toMap
     ir.updateMetadata(BindingAnalysis -->> meta)