diff --git a/pico/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/pico/api/DefaultQualifierAndValue.java b/pico/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/pico/api/DefaultQualifierAndValue.java
index 12564bb53e1..3f62b36a712 100644
--- a/pico/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/pico/api/DefaultQualifierAndValue.java
+++ b/pico/api/src/main/java/io/helidon/pico/api/DefaultQualifierAndValue.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ protected DefaultQualifierAndValue(Builder b) {
      */
     public static DefaultQualifierAndValue createNamed(String name) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(name);
-        return (DefaultQualifierAndValue) builder().typeName(CommonQualifiers.NAMED).value(name).build();
+        return builder().typeName(CommonQualifiers.NAMED).value(name).build();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public static DefaultQualifierAndValue createNamed(String name) {
      */
     public static DefaultQualifierAndValue create(Class<? extends Annotation> qualifierType) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(qualifierType);
-        return (DefaultQualifierAndValue) builder().typeName(DefaultTypeName.create(qualifierType)).build();
+        return builder().typeName(DefaultTypeName.create(qualifierType)).build();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public static DefaultQualifierAndValue create(Class<? extends Annotation> qualif
      */
     public static DefaultQualifierAndValue create(Class<? extends Annotation> qualifierType, String val) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(qualifierType);
-        return (DefaultQualifierAndValue) builder().typeName(DefaultTypeName.create(qualifierType)).value(val).build();
+        return builder().typeName(DefaultTypeName.create(qualifierType)).value(val).build();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public static DefaultQualifierAndValue create(Class<? extends Annotation> qualif
      * @return qualifier
      */
     public static DefaultQualifierAndValue create(String qualifierTypeName, String val) {
-        return (DefaultQualifierAndValue) builder()
+        return builder()
                 .typeName(DefaultTypeName.createFromTypeName(qualifierTypeName))
                 .value(val)
                 .build();
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public static DefaultQualifierAndValue create(String qualifierTypeName, String v
      * @return qualifier
      */
     public static DefaultQualifierAndValue create(TypeName qualifierType, String val) {
-        return (DefaultQualifierAndValue) builder()
+        return builder()
                 .typeName(qualifierType)
                 .value(val)
                 .build();
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public static DefaultQualifierAndValue create(TypeName qualifierType, String val
      * @return qualifier
      */
     public static DefaultQualifierAndValue create(TypeName qualifierType, Map<String, String> vals) {
-        return (DefaultQualifierAndValue) builder()
+        return builder()
                 .typeName(qualifierType)
                 .values(vals)
                 .build();
@@ -162,6 +162,30 @@ public static class Builder extends DefaultAnnotationAndValue.Builder {
         protected Builder() {
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public Builder typeName(TypeName val) {
+            super.typeName(val);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Builder value(String val) {
+            super.value(val);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Builder values(Map<String, String> val) {
+            super.values(val);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Builder type(Class<? extends Annotation> annoType) {
+            super.type(annoType);
+            return this;
+        }
+
         /**
          * Build the instance.
          *
diff --git a/pico/api/src/test/java/io/helidon/pico/api/DefaultQualifierAndValueTest.java b/pico/api/src/test/java/io/helidon/pico/api/DefaultQualifierAndValueTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8601daf091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pico/api/src/test/java/io/helidon/pico/api/DefaultQualifierAndValueTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.helidon.pico.api;
+
+import io.helidon.common.types.DefaultAnnotationAndValue;
+
+import jakarta.inject.Named;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
+class DefaultQualifierAndValueTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void buildAndCompare() {
+        DefaultQualifierAndValue qav1 = DefaultQualifierAndValue.builder()
+                .type(Named.class)
+                .value("x.y")
+                .build();
+        DefaultAnnotationAndValue qav2 = DefaultQualifierAndValue.builder()
+                .type(Named.class)
+                .value("x.y")
+                .build();
+        assertThat(qav1.compareTo(qav2),
+                   is(0));
+    }
+
+}