diff --git a/.github/azure-steps.yml b/.github/azure-steps.yml
index b2bc80dd6..e8bd0d212 100644
--- a/.github/azure-steps.yml
+++ b/.github/azure-steps.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ steps:
     displayName: 'Test download CLI'
     condition: eq(variables['python_version'], '3.8')
 
+  - script: |
+      python -W error -c "import ca_core_news_sm; nlp = ca_core_news_sm.load(); doc=nlp('test')"
+    displayName: 'Test no warnings on load (#11713)'
+    condition: eq(variables['python_version'], '3.8')
+
   - script: |
       python -m spacy convert extra/example_data/ner_example_data/ner-token-per-line-conll2003.json .
     displayName: 'Test convert CLI'
diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index 3034808ba..76a1e0bfa 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -443,9 +443,9 @@ def load_model_from_package(
     name: str,
     *,
     vocab: Union["Vocab", bool] = True,
-    disable: Union[str, Iterable[str]] = SimpleFrozenList(),
-    enable: Union[str, Iterable[str]] = SimpleFrozenList(),
-    exclude: Union[str, Iterable[str]] = SimpleFrozenList(),
+    disable: Union[str, Iterable[str]] = _DEFAULT_EMPTY_PIPES,
+    enable: Union[str, Iterable[str]] = _DEFAULT_EMPTY_PIPES,
+    exclude: Union[str, Iterable[str]] = _DEFAULT_EMPTY_PIPES,
     config: Union[Dict[str, Any], Config] = SimpleFrozenDict(),
 ) -> "Language":
     """Load a model from an installed package.
@@ -619,9 +619,9 @@ def load_model_from_init_py(
     init_file: Union[Path, str],
     *,
     vocab: Union["Vocab", bool] = True,
-    disable: Union[str, Iterable[str]] = SimpleFrozenList(),
-    enable: Union[str, Iterable[str]] = SimpleFrozenList(),
-    exclude: Union[str, Iterable[str]] = SimpleFrozenList(),
+    disable: Union[str, Iterable[str]] = _DEFAULT_EMPTY_PIPES,
+    enable: Union[str, Iterable[str]] = _DEFAULT_EMPTY_PIPES,
+    exclude: Union[str, Iterable[str]] = _DEFAULT_EMPTY_PIPES,
     config: Union[Dict[str, Any], Config] = SimpleFrozenDict(),
 ) -> "Language":
     """Helper function to use in the `load()` method of a model package's