diff --git a/src/FileTypeDetection/Infrastructure/ArchiveInternals.vb b/src/FileTypeDetection/Infrastructure/ArchiveInternals.vb
index f892f94b..7468e69d 100644
--- a/src/FileTypeDetection/Infrastructure/ArchiveInternals.vb
+++ b/src/FileTypeDetection/Infrastructure/ArchiveInternals.vb
@@ -861,11 +861,6 @@ Namespace Global.Tomtastisch.FileClassifier
             Return True
         End Function
 
-        Private Shared Function TryReadEntryPayloadBounded(entry As SharpCompress.Archives.IArchiveEntry, maxBytes As Long,
-                                                            ByRef payload As Byte()) As Boolean
-            Return TryReadEntryPayloadBoundedWithOptions(entry, maxBytes, FileTypeOptions.GetSnapshot(), payload)
-        End Function
-
         Private Shared Function TryReadEntryPayloadBoundedWithOptions(
                                                                        entry As SharpCompress.Archives.IArchiveEntry,
                                                                        maxBytes As Long,
diff --git a/src/FileTypeDetection/Providers/NetStandard2_0/HashPrimitivesProvider.vb b/src/FileTypeDetection/Providers/NetStandard2_0/HashPrimitivesProvider.vb
index 0991dd2d..31abe3a2 100644
--- a/src/FileTypeDetection/Providers/NetStandard2_0/HashPrimitivesProvider.vb
+++ b/src/FileTypeDetection/Providers/NetStandard2_0/HashPrimitivesProvider.vb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Namespace Global.Tomtastisch.FileClassifier
             ''' <returns>Hex-String in Kleinbuchstaben ohne Trennzeichen.</returns>
             Public Function EncodeLowerHex(data As Byte()) As String Implements IHexCodec.EncodeLowerHex
                 Dim safeData = If(data, Array.Empty(Of Byte)())
-                Dim chars As Char() = Nothing
+                Dim chars As Char()
                 Dim index As Integer = 0
 
                 If safeData.Length = 0 Then Return String.Empty
diff --git a/tests/FileTypeDetectionLib.Tests/Unit/ArchiveInternalsNestedBranchUnitTests.cs b/tests/FileTypeDetectionLib.Tests/Unit/ArchiveInternalsNestedBranchUnitTests.cs
index 987f3a10..84199c3a 100644
--- a/tests/FileTypeDetectionLib.Tests/Unit/ArchiveInternalsNestedBranchUnitTests.cs
+++ b/tests/FileTypeDetectionLib.Tests/Unit/ArchiveInternalsNestedBranchUnitTests.cs
@@ -67,19 +67,20 @@ public void TryProcessNestedGArchive_ReturnsTrue_WithInvalidNestedDescriptor()
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public void TryReadEntryPayloadBounded_ReturnsFalse_ForInvalidInputs()
+    public void TryReadEntryPayloadBoundedWithOptions_ReturnsFalse_ForInvalidInputs()
     {
         var method = typeof(SharpCompressArchiveBackend).GetMethod(
-            "TryReadEntryPayloadBounded",
+            "TryReadEntryPayloadBoundedWithOptions",
             BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static,
             binder: null,
-            types: new[] { typeof(IArchiveEntry), typeof(long), typeof(byte[]).MakeByRefType() },
+            types: new[] { typeof(IArchiveEntry), typeof(long), typeof(FileTypeProjectOptions), typeof(byte[]).MakeByRefType() },
             modifiers: null)!;
         Assert.NotNull(method);
 
-        Assert.False(TestGuard.Unbox<bool>(method.Invoke(null, new object?[] { null, 10L, null })));
+        var opt = FileTypeProjectOptions.DefaultOptions();
+        Assert.False(TestGuard.Unbox<bool>(method.Invoke(null, new object?[] { null, 10L, opt, null })));
         Assert.False(TestGuard.Unbox<bool>(method.Invoke(null,
-            new object?[] { CreateZipArchiveEntry("a.txt", new byte[] { 1 }), 0L, null })));
+            new object?[] { CreateZipArchiveEntry("a.txt", new byte[] { 1 }), 0L, opt, null })));
     }
 
     private static IArchiveEntry CreateZipArchiveEntry(string name, byte[] payload)
diff --git a/tools/ci/checks/QodanaContractValidator/Program.cs b/tools/ci/checks/QodanaContractValidator/Program.cs
index ee1fff33..05d2bf41 100644
--- a/tools/ci/checks/QodanaContractValidator/Program.cs
+++ b/tools/ci/checks/QodanaContractValidator/Program.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 {
     // Style/noise findings that are not security/reliability regressions for CI gate purposes.
     "CheckNamespace",
-    "RedundantQualifier"
+    "RedundantQualifier",
+    "RedundantSuppressNullableWarningExpression",
+    "UnusedImportClause",
+    "UnusedMember.Local",
+    "VBWarnings__BC42309"
 };
 
 var argsList = args.ToList();