diff --git a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/AbstractReplaceMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/AbstractReplaceMojo.java
index 4dbd9e2..0527dd3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/AbstractReplaceMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/inteligr8/maven/regex/AbstractReplaceMojo.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.ListIterator;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ import com.inteligr8.nio.DelimitedReadableByteChannel;
 public abstract class AbstractReplaceMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
 	
 	@Parameter( property = "regexes", required = true )
-	protected List<Regex> regexes;
+	protected Regex[] regexes;
 
 	// Pattern does not implement hashCode, so not using a Map
 	private List<Triple<Pattern, String, Pattern>> compiledRegexes;
@@ -256,7 +255,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractReplaceMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
 	protected void validateParamsPreNormalization() throws MojoFailureException {
 		super.validateParamsPreNormalization();
     	
-    	if (this.regexes == null)
+    	if (this.regexes == null || this.regexes.length == 0)
     		throw new MojoFailureException("A 'regexes' element is required");
     }
     
@@ -264,22 +263,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractReplaceMojo extends AbstractRegexMojo {
 	protected void normalizeParameters() throws MojoFailureException {
 		super.normalizeParameters();
     	
-		ListIterator<Regex> r = this.regexes.listIterator();
-    	while (r.hasNext()) {
-    		Regex regex = r.next();
-    		if (regex == null) {
-    			r.remove();
-    		} else {
-    			regex.normalize();
-    		}
-    	}
+    	for (Regex regex : this.regexes)
+    		regex.normalize();
     }
 	
 	@Override
 	protected void validateParamsPostNormalization() throws MojoFailureException {
 		super.validateParamsPostNormalization();
 
-		if (this.regexes.isEmpty())
+		if (this.regexes == null || this.regexes.length == 0)
 			throw new MojoFailureException("At least one 'regexes' element is required");
     	
     	this.compiledRegexes = new LinkedList<>();