diff --git a/GameRes/ArcStream.cs b/GameRes/ArcStream.cs
index 47c9b35e..72482ad7 100644
--- a/GameRes/ArcStream.cs
+++ b/GameRes/ArcStream.cs
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ namespace GameRes
             }
             var current_pos = Position;
             if (0 == count || current_pos >= m_size)
-                return new byte[0];
+                return Array.Empty<byte>();
             var bytes = m_view.ReadBytes (m_start+current_pos, (uint)Math.Min (count, m_size - current_pos));
             Position = current_pos + bytes.Length;
             return bytes;
diff --git a/GameRes/BinaryStream.cs b/GameRes/BinaryStream.cs
index 1cfa8cc2..3a7ca08b 100644
--- a/GameRes/BinaryStream.cs
+++ b/GameRes/BinaryStream.cs
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ namespace GameRes
             {
                 m_source = input.GetBuffer();
                 if (null == m_source)
-                    m_source = new byte[0];
+                    m_source = Array.Empty<byte>();
             }
             catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
             {