Additional small cleanups to as a followup to removing `self._val` #2570

Job	Run time
⚙️ Pre-set global build settings	1s
lint / Linter	2m 33s
📦 Build distribution packages	12s
📦 Build wheels for tested arches / Build wheels on windows	6m 7s
📦 Build wheels for tested arches / Build wheels on ubuntu	2m 49s
📦 Build wheels for tested arches / Build wheels on macos	4m 14s
Test (3.13, ubuntu-latest, false)	1m 1s
Benchmark	2m 1s
Test (3.13, macos-latest, false)	38s
Test (3.13, windows-latest, false)	2m 1s
Test (3.13, Y, ubuntu-latest, false)	1m 4s
Test (3.12, ubuntu-latest, false)	53s
Test (3.12, macos-latest, false)	54s
Test (3.12, windows-latest, false)	1m 23s
Test (3.12, Y, ubuntu-latest, false)	42s
Test (3.11, ubuntu-latest, false)	45s
Test (3.11, macos-latest, false)	36s
Test (3.11, windows-latest, false)	1m 22s
Test (3.11, Y, ubuntu-latest, false)	34s
Test (3.10, ubuntu-latest, false)	48s
Test (3.10, macos-latest, false)	39s
Test (3.10, windows-latest, false)	1m 21s
Test (3.10, Y, ubuntu-latest, false)	37s
Test (3.9, ubuntu-latest, false)	49s
Test (3.9, macos-latest, false)	36s
Test (3.9, windows-latest, false)	1m 13s
Test (3.9, Y, ubuntu-latest, false)	42s
Test (pypy-3.10, Y, false, ubuntu-latest)	1m 28s
Test (pypy-3.9, Y, false, ubuntu-latest)	1m 36s
Test matrix status	2s
Pre-Deploy	0s
📦 Build wheels for odd arches${{ '' }}	0s
Deploy	0s
	39m 41s

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