diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-validator/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/validator/deployment/HibernateValidatorProcessor.java b/extensions/hibernate-validator/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/validator/deployment/HibernateValidatorProcessor.java
index b460dde5ec99e..5e6efce6602f8 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-validator/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/validator/deployment/HibernateValidatorProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-validator/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/validator/deployment/HibernateValidatorProcessor.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import javax.validation.ClockProvider;
 import javax.validation.Constraint;
@@ -203,9 +202,9 @@ public void build(HibernateValidatorRecorder recorder, RecorderContext recorderC
         allConsideredAnnotations.add(VALIDATE_ON_EXECUTION);
 
         beanValidationAnnotations.produce(new BeanValidationAnnotationsBuildItem(
-                VALID.toString(),
-                constraints.stream().map(a -> a.toString()).collect(Collectors.toSet()),
-                allConsideredAnnotations.stream().map(a -> a.toString()).collect(Collectors.toSet())));
+                VALID,
+                constraints,
+                allConsideredAnnotations));
 
         Set<DotName> classNamesToBeValidated = new HashSet<>();
         Map<DotName, Set<SimpleMethodSignatureKey>> inheritedAnnotationsToBeValidated = new HashMap<>();
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-validator/spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/validator/spi/BeanValidationAnnotationsBuildItem.java b/extensions/hibernate-validator/spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/validator/spi/BeanValidationAnnotationsBuildItem.java
index 9a4631daf7d05..288122a89307d 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-validator/spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/validator/spi/BeanValidationAnnotationsBuildItem.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-validator/spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/validator/spi/BeanValidationAnnotationsBuildItem.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
+
 import io.quarkus.builder.item.SimpleBuildItem;
 
 /**
@@ -11,25 +13,25 @@
  */
 public final class BeanValidationAnnotationsBuildItem extends SimpleBuildItem {
 
-    private final String valid;
-    private final Set<String> constraints;
-    private final Set<String> all;
+    private final DotName valid;
+    private final Set<DotName> constraints;
+    private final Set<DotName> all;
 
-    public BeanValidationAnnotationsBuildItem(String valid, Set<String> constraints, Set<String> all) {
+    public BeanValidationAnnotationsBuildItem(DotName valid, Set<DotName> constraints, Set<DotName> all) {
         this.valid = valid;
         this.constraints = Collections.unmodifiableSet(constraints);
         this.all = Collections.unmodifiableSet(all);
     }
 
-    public String getValidAnnotation() {
+    public DotName getValidAnnotation() {
         return valid;
     }
 
-    public Set<String> getConstraintAnnotations() {
+    public Set<DotName> getConstraintAnnotations() {
         return constraints;
     }
 
-    public Set<String> getAllAnnotations() {
+    public Set<DotName> getAllAnnotations() {
         return all;
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/deployment/DotNames.java b/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/deployment/DotNames.java
index 7d2cc1435bbbb..90df07b0f933a 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/deployment/DotNames.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/deployment/DotNames.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ final class DotNames {
     static final DotName UNI = DotName.createSimple(Uni.class.getName());
     static final DotName MULTI = DotName.createSimple(Multi.class.getName());
     static final DotName BUFFER = DotName.createSimple(Buffer.class.getName());
+    static final DotName RX_BUFFER = DotName.createSimple(io.vertx.reactivex.core.buffer.Buffer.class.getName());
+    static final DotName MUTINY_BUFFER = DotName.createSimple(io.vertx.mutiny.core.buffer.Buffer.class.getName());
     static final DotName RX_HTTP_SERVER_RESPONSE = DotName
             .createSimple(io.vertx.reactivex.core.http.HttpServerResponse.class.getName());
     static final DotName RX_HTTP_SERVER_REQUEST = DotName
diff --git a/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/deployment/HandlerDescriptor.java b/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/deployment/HandlerDescriptor.java
index 035854b6ed3e3..8e0f23bf06d10 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/deployment/HandlerDescriptor.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-web/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/web/deployment/HandlerDescriptor.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package io.quarkus.vertx.web.deployment;
 
 import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationInstance;
-import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
 import org.jboss.jandex.MethodInfo;
 import org.jboss.jandex.Type;
 
@@ -45,8 +44,7 @@ boolean requireValidation() {
             return false;
         }
         for (AnnotationInstance annotation : method.annotations()) {
-            String name = annotation.name().toString();
-            if (validationAnnotations.getAllAnnotations().contains(name)) {
+            if (validationAnnotations.getAllAnnotations().contains(annotation.name())) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
@@ -61,8 +59,7 @@ boolean isProducedResponseValidated() {
             return false;
         }
         for (AnnotationInstance annotation : method.annotations()) {
-            String name = annotation.name().toString();
-            if (validationAnnotations.getValidAnnotation().equals(name)) {
+            if (validationAnnotations.getValidAnnotation().equals(annotation.name())) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
@@ -103,8 +100,7 @@ boolean isContentTypeRxBuffer() {
         if (type == null) {
             return false;
         }
-        return type.name()
-                .equals(DotName.createSimple(io.vertx.reactivex.core.buffer.Buffer.class.getName()));
+        return type.name().equals(DotNames.RX_BUFFER);
     }
 
     boolean isContentTypeMutinyBuffer() {
@@ -112,7 +108,7 @@ boolean isContentTypeMutinyBuffer() {
         if (type == null) {
             return false;
         }
-        return type.name().equals(DotName.createSimple(io.vertx.mutiny.core.buffer.Buffer.class.getName()));
+        return type.name().equals(DotNames.MUTINY_BUFFER);
     }
 
 }