diff --git a/src/Utils/Finder.php b/src/Utils/Finder.php
index 0ef3b0c6f..900efe171 100644
--- a/src/Utils/Finder.php
+++ b/src/Utils/Finder.php
@@ -43,33 +43,30 @@ class Finder implements \IteratorAggregate
 
 	/**
 	 * Begins search for files and directories matching mask.
-	 * @param  string  ...$masks
 	 */
-	public static function find(...$masks): static
+	public static function find(string|array $masks): static
 	{
-		$masks = is_array($tmp = reset($masks)) ? $tmp : $masks;
+		$masks = is_array($masks) ? $masks : func_get_args(); // compatibility with variadic
 		return (new static)->addMask($masks, 'dir')->addMask($masks, 'file');
 	}
 
 
 	/**
 	 * Begins search for files matching mask.
-	 * @param  string  ...$masks
 	 */
-	public static function findFiles(...$masks): static
+	public static function findFiles(string|array $masks): static
 	{
-		$masks = is_array($tmp = reset($masks)) ? $tmp : $masks;
+		$masks = is_array($masks) ? $masks : func_get_args(); // compatibility with variadic
 		return (new static)->addMask($masks, 'file');
 	}
 
 
 	/**
 	 * Begins search for directories matching mask.
-	 * @param  string  ...$masks
 	 */
-	public static function findDirectories(...$masks): static
+	public static function findDirectories(string|array $masks): static
 	{
-		$masks = is_array($tmp = reset($masks)) ? $tmp : $masks;
+		$masks = is_array($masks) ? $masks : func_get_args(); // compatibility with variadic
 		return (new static)->addMask($masks, 'dir');
 	}
 
@@ -93,11 +90,10 @@ private function addMask(array $masks, string $type): static
 
 	/**
 	 * Searches in the given directories. Wildcards are allowed.
-	 * @param  string  ...$paths
 	 */
-	public function in(...$paths): static
+	public function in(string|array $paths): static
 	{
-		$paths = is_array($tmp = reset($paths)) ? $tmp : $paths;
+		$paths = is_array($paths) ? $paths : func_get_args(); // compatibility with variadic
 		$this->addLocation($paths, '');
 		return $this;
 	}
@@ -105,11 +101,10 @@ public function in(...$paths): static
 
 	/**
 	 * Searches recursively from the given directories. Wildcards are allowed.
-	 * @param  string  ...$paths
 	 */
-	public function from(...$paths): static
+	public function from(string|array $paths): static
 	{
-		$paths = is_array($tmp = reset($paths)) ? $tmp : $paths;
+		$paths = is_array($paths) ? $paths : func_get_args(); // compatibility with variadic
 		$this->addLocation($paths, '/**');
 		return $this;
 	}
@@ -142,11 +137,10 @@ public function childFirst(bool $state = true): static
 
 	/**
 	 * Skips entries that matches the given masks relative to the ones defined with the in() or from() methods.
-	 * @param  string  ...$masks
 	 */
-	public function exclude(...$masks): static
+	public function exclude(string|array $masks): static
 	{
-		$masks = is_array($tmp = reset($masks)) ? $tmp : $masks;
+		$masks = is_array($masks) ? $masks : func_get_args(); // compatibility with variadic
 		foreach ($masks as $mask) {
 			$mask = FileSystem::unixSlashes($mask);
 			if (!preg_match('~^/?(\*\*/)?(.+)(/\*\*|/\*|/|)$~D', $mask, $m)) {
diff --git a/tests/Utils/Finder.basic.phpt b/tests/Utils/Finder.basic.phpt
index e7c9d6164..9712cdb4f 100644
--- a/tests/Utils/Finder.basic.phpt
+++ b/tests/Utils/Finder.basic.phpt
@@ -140,18 +140,3 @@ test('absolute path in mask', function () { // will not work if there are charac
 		FileSystem::unixSlashes(__DIR__),
 	], export($finder));
 });
-
-
-test('empty args', function () {
-	$finder = Finder::find()->in('fixtures.finder');
-	Assert::same([], export($finder));
-
-	$finder = Finder::findFiles()->in('fixtures.finder');
-	Assert::same([], export($finder));
-
-	$finder = Finder::findDirectories()->in('fixtures.finder');
-	Assert::same([], export($finder));
-
-	$finder = Finder::find()->exclude()->in('fixtures.finder');
-	Assert::same([], export($finder));
-});