diff --git a/bundle/tests/validate/dead_configuration/databricks.yml b/bundle/tests/validate/dead_configuration/databricks.yml
index 87caec94ec..3f0a03a9fa 100644
--- a/bundle/tests/validate/dead_configuration/databricks.yml
+++ b/bundle/tests/validate/dead_configuration/databricks.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ include:
 
 variables:
   bar:
-    default: conflicts with non-empty value
+    default: conflicts
diff --git a/bundle/tests/validate/dead_configuration/resources1.yml b/bundle/tests/validate/dead_configuration/resources1.yml
index 0e6b45a821..fd18ec4046 100644
--- a/bundle/tests/validate/dead_configuration/resources1.yml
+++ b/bundle/tests/validate/dead_configuration/resources1.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 variables:
   bar:
-    default: conflicts with non-empty value
+    default: conflicts
 
   baz:
-    default: conflicts with non-empty value
+    default: conflicts
diff --git a/bundle/tests/validate/dead_configuration/resources2.yml b/bundle/tests/validate/dead_configuration/resources2.yml
index e75aaed1d1..d098a78af3 100644
--- a/bundle/tests/validate/dead_configuration/resources2.yml
+++ b/bundle/tests/validate/dead_configuration/resources2.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 variables:
   baz:
-    default: conflicts with non-empty value
+    default: conflicts
diff --git a/libs/dyn/location.go b/libs/dyn/location.go
index bc89f7f131..961d2f1215 100644
--- a/libs/dyn/location.go
+++ b/libs/dyn/location.go
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ type Location struct {
 	Column int
 }
 
-// Convenient constant for an empty location.
-var EmptyLocation = Location{}
-
 func (l Location) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d:%d", l.File, l.Line, l.Column)
 }
diff --git a/libs/dyn/value.go b/libs/dyn/value.go
index 5abc7591fe..1ce7d5e0f4 100644
--- a/libs/dyn/value.go
+++ b/libs/dyn/value.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type Value struct {
 	// All locations in the source YAML files where this value was defined. Some of
 	// these locations may have had no effect on the final value because they were
 	// overridden by other values at other locations.
-	// The ordering of the locations holds no significance.
+	// The ordering of the locations here holds no significance.
 	yamlLocations []Location
 
 	// Whether or not this value is an anchor.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (v Value) WithLocation(loc Location) Value {
 
 func (v Value) AppendYamlLocation(loc Location) Value {
 	// We only keep track of non-empty locations, that is actual locations in the source YAML.
-	if loc == EmptyLocation {
+	if loc == (Location{}) {
 		return v
 	}