diff --git a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/runtime/GetStackTraceNode.java b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/runtime/GetStackTraceNode.java
index 1fb7a5a77533..1f841aea0052 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/runtime/GetStackTraceNode.java
+++ b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/runtime/GetStackTraceNode.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Array execute() {
   public static Array stackTraceToArray(Throwable exception) {
     var elements = TruffleStackTrace.getStackTrace(exception);
     if (elements == null) return new Array();
-    var ret = new Array(elements.size());
+    var ret = Array.allocate(elements.size());
     for (int i = 0; i < elements.size(); i++) {
       var element = elements.get(i);
       ret.getItems()[i] = element.getGuestObject();
diff --git a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/callable/atom/Atom.java b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/callable/atom/Atom.java
index 0db21fc0b931..c168435a7f45 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/callable/atom/Atom.java
+++ b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/callable/atom/Atom.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public boolean hasMembers() {
   public Array getMembers(boolean includeInternal) {
     Map<String, Function> members = constructor.getDefinitionScope().getMethods().get(constructor.getType());
     if (members == null) {
-      return new Array(0);
+      return Array.allocate(0);
     }
     Object[] mems = members.keySet().toArray();
     return new Array(mems);
diff --git a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/data/Array.java b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/data/Array.java
index c3b343d41100..f5e8adeaf430 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/data/Array.java
+++ b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/data/Array.java
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ public Array(Object... items) {
    */
   @Builtin.Method(
       description = "Creates an uninitialized array of a given size.",
-      autoRegister = false, name = "new")
-  public static Array empty(long size) {
+      autoRegister = false,
+      name = "new")
+  public static Array allocate(long size) {
     var arr = new Object[(int) size];
     var ctx = EnsoContext.get(null);
     var nothing = ctx.getBuiltins().nothing();
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ public long length() {
   /** @return an empty array */
   @Builtin.Method(description = "Creates an empty Array", autoRegister = false)
   public static Object empty() {
-    return new Array();
+    return allocate(0);
   }
 
   /** @return an identity array */
diff --git a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/data/Vector.java b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/data/Vector.java
index 8b20f4b8bcf3..8a626a9d7216 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/data/Vector.java
+++ b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/runtime/data/Vector.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public final Vector slice(long start, long end, InteropLibrary interop)
     long slice_end = Math.min(this_length, end);
 
     if (slice_start >= slice_end) {
-      return new Vector(new Array(0));
+      return new Vector(Array.allocate(0));
     }
 
     if ((slice_start == 0) && (slice_end == this_length)) {