diff --git a/cmd/packages.go b/cmd/packages.go
index a2d51e05c54..5835bec217b 100644
--- a/cmd/packages.go
+++ b/cmd/packages.go
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ func packagesExecWorker(userInput string) <-chan error {
 
 		checkForApplicationUpdate()
 
-		src, cleanup, err := source.New(userInput, appConfig.Registry.ToOptions(), appConfig.Exclusions...)
+		src, cleanup, err := source.New(userInput, appConfig.Registry.ToOptions(), appConfig.Exclusions)
 		if err != nil {
 			errs <- fmt.Errorf("failed to determine image source: %w", err)
 			return
diff --git a/cmd/power_user.go b/cmd/power_user.go
index dfcd18bb7f1..1ef141a4b99 100644
--- a/cmd/power_user.go
+++ b/cmd/power_user.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func powerUserExecWorker(userInput string) <-chan error {
 
 		checkForApplicationUpdate()
 
-		src, cleanup, err := source.New(userInput, appConfig.Registry.ToOptions(), appConfig.Exclusions...)
+		src, cleanup, err := source.New(userInput, appConfig.Registry.ToOptions(), appConfig.Exclusions)
 		if err != nil {
 			errs <- err
 			return
diff --git a/syft/source/source.go b/syft/source/source.go
index 9b0be8c57e3..58fbe0e4c40 100644
--- a/syft/source/source.go
+++ b/syft/source/source.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type Source struct {
 type sourceDetector func(string) (image.Source, string, error)
 
 // New produces a Source based on userInput like dir: or image:tag
-func New(userInput string, registryOptions *image.RegistryOptions, exclusions ...string) (*Source, func(), error) {
+func New(userInput string, registryOptions *image.RegistryOptions, exclusions []string) (*Source, func(), error) {
 	fs := afero.NewOsFs()
 	parsedScheme, imageSource, location, err := detectScheme(fs, image.DetectSource, userInput)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/syft/source/source_test.go b/syft/source/source_test.go
index edcc8ef2112..98e77454f25 100644
--- a/syft/source/source_test.go
+++ b/syft/source/source_test.go
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ func TestDirectoryExclusions(t *testing.T) {
 	registryOpts := &image.RegistryOptions{}
 	for _, test := range testCases {
 		t.Run(test.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
-			src, fn, err := New("dir:"+test.input, registryOpts, test.exclusions...)
+			src, fn, err := New("dir:"+test.input, registryOpts, test.exclusions)
 			defer fn()
 
 			if test.err {
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ func TestImageExclusions(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range testCases {
 		t.Run(test.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
 			archiveLocation := imagetest.PrepareFixtureImage(t, "docker-archive", test.input)
-			src, fn, err := New(archiveLocation, registryOpts, test.exclusions...)
+			src, fn, err := New(archiveLocation, registryOpts, test.exclusions)
 			defer fn()
 
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/integration/catalog_packages_test.go b/test/integration/catalog_packages_test.go
index 1fe38baeedf..5ba3c910326 100644
--- a/test/integration/catalog_packages_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/catalog_packages_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func BenchmarkImagePackageCatalogers(b *testing.B) {
 	var pc *pkg.Catalog
 	for _, c := range cataloger.ImageCatalogers() {
 		// in case of future alteration where state is persisted, assume no dependency is safe to reuse
-		theSource, cleanupSource, err := source.New("docker-archive:"+tarPath, nil)
+		theSource, cleanupSource, err := source.New("docker-archive:"+tarPath, nil, nil)
 		b.Cleanup(cleanupSource)
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Fatalf("unable to get source: %+v", err)
diff --git a/test/integration/utils_test.go b/test/integration/utils_test.go
index 342e9245ee2..5a52c1a9719 100644
--- a/test/integration/utils_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/utils_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ func catalogFixtureImage(t *testing.T, fixtureImageName string) (sbom.SBOM, *sou
 	imagetest.GetFixtureImage(t, "docker-archive", fixtureImageName)
 	tarPath := imagetest.GetFixtureImageTarPath(t, fixtureImageName)
 
-	theSource, cleanupSource, err := source.New("docker-archive:"+tarPath, nil)
+	theSource, cleanupSource, err := source.New("docker-archive:"+tarPath, nil, nil)
 	t.Cleanup(cleanupSource)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to get source: %+v", err)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func catalogFixtureImage(t *testing.T, fixtureImageName string) (sbom.SBOM, *sou
 }
 
 func catalogDirectory(t *testing.T, dir string) (sbom.SBOM, *source.Source) {
-	theSource, cleanupSource, err := source.New("dir:"+dir, nil)
+	theSource, cleanupSource, err := source.New("dir:"+dir, nil, nil)
 	t.Cleanup(cleanupSource)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to get source: %+v", err)