diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c35c606a..8e10633d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -268,10 +268,18 @@
 						<!-- {@code @{argLine}} expands to the JaCoCo agent arguments set by
 						     {@code jacoco:prepare-agent} when the {@code coverage} profile is active.
 						     Without {@code @{argLine}} the JaCoCo agent isn't attached and no
-						     coverage data is collected. -->
-						<argLine>@{argLine} --sun-misc-unsafe-memory-access=allow --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED</argLine>
+						     coverage data is collected.
+						     {@code net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:jar} is resolved to an absolute path
+						     by {@code maven-dependency-plugin:properties} (declared in build/plugins);
+						     loading it as a javaagent suppresses the Mockito self-attach warning. -->
+						<argLine>@{argLine} -javaagent:${net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:jar} --sun-misc-unsafe-memory-access=allow --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED</argLine>
 					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+					<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>3.7.0</version>
+				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 					<artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -358,6 +366,20 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<!-- Resolves ${net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:jar} so surefire can load it
+						     as a javaagent — eliminates the Mockito inline-mock-maker self-attach warning. -->
+						<id>locate-byte-buddy-agent</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>properties</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
diff --git a/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/ScanIterator.java b/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/ScanIterator.java
index ff0ef1c7..b5742370 100644
--- a/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/ScanIterator.java
+++ b/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/ScanIterator.java
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ public final class ScanIterator implements Iterator<Chunk>, AutoCloseable {
     private static final ValueLayout.OfLong LE_LONG = ValueLayout.JAVA_LONG_UNALIGNED.withOrder(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
 
     private final VortexHandle file;
-    private final ReadRegistry registry;
     private final ScanOptions options;
 
     private List<ChunkSpec> chunks;
@@ -96,9 +95,8 @@ public final class ScanIterator implements Iterator<Chunk>, AutoCloseable {
     private Chunk openChunk;
     private boolean closed;
 
-    public ScanIterator(VortexHandle file, ReadRegistry registry, ScanOptions options) {
+    public ScanIterator(VortexHandle file, ScanOptions options) {
         this.file = file;
-        this.registry = registry;
         this.options = options;
     }
 
diff --git a/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/VortexHttpReader.java b/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/VortexHttpReader.java
index 9420a42d..d518c058 100644
--- a/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/VortexHttpReader.java
+++ b/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/VortexHttpReader.java
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public MemorySegment rawSegment(SegmentSpec spec) {
 
     @Override
     public ScanIterator scan(ScanOptions options) {
-        return new ScanIterator(this, registry, options);
+        return new ScanIterator(this, options);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/VortexReader.java b/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/VortexReader.java
index 1dd49733..8562feb2 100644
--- a/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/VortexReader.java
+++ b/reader/src/main/java/io/github/dfa1/vortex/reader/VortexReader.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public long fileSize() {
 
     @Override
     public ScanIterator scan(ScanOptions options) {
-        return new ScanIterator(this, registry, options);
+        return new ScanIterator(this, options);
     }
 
     @Override