diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-arraybuffer-view/test/test.polyfill.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-arraybuffer-view/test/test.polyfill.js
index 01f49cef5dbc..a07f46c275a5 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-arraybuffer-view/test/test.polyfill.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/assert/is-arraybuffer-view/test/test.polyfill.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ tape( 'the function returns `false` if not provided an `ArrayBuffer` view', func
 		[],
 		{},
 		function noop() {},
-		new Array( 10 ),
+		[],
 		new ArrayBuffer( 10 )
 	];
 
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/incr/mvmr/lib/main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/incr/mvmr/lib/main.js
index a8a4031b709a..73881933ab23 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/incr/mvmr/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/stats/incr/mvmr/lib/main.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function incrmvmr( W, mean ) {
 	if ( !isPositiveInteger( W ) ) {
 		throw new TypeError( format( 'invalid argument. Must provide a positive integer. Value: `%s`.', W ) );
 	}
-	buf = new Array( W );
+	buf = [];
 	n = W - 1;
 	M2 = 0.0;
 	i = -1;