diff --git a/ndsl/dsl/stencil_config.py b/ndsl/dsl/stencil_config.py
index 4d3eafab..0ca0da18 100644
--- a/ndsl/dsl/stencil_config.py
+++ b/ndsl/dsl/stencil_config.py
@@ -168,26 +168,35 @@ def from_dict(cls, data: dict):
 class StencilConfig(Hashable):
     compare_to_numpy: bool = False
     compilation_config: CompilationConfig = CompilationConfig()
-    dace_config: Optional[DaceConfig] = None
     verbose: bool = False
+    dace_config: DaceConfig = dataclasses.field(init=False)
 
-    def __post_init__(self):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        compare_to_numpy: bool = False,
+        compilation_config: CompilationConfig = CompilationConfig(),
+        verbose: bool = False,
+        dace_config: DaceConfig | None = None,
+    ):
+        self.compare_to_numpy = compare_to_numpy
+        self.compilation_config = compilation_config
+        self.verbose = verbose
+        self.dace_config = (
+            dace_config
+            if dace_config is not None
+            else DaceConfig(
+                communicator=None,
+                backend=self.compilation_config.backend,
+                orchestration=DaCeOrchestration.Python,
+            )
+        )
         self.backend_opts = {
             "device_sync": self.compilation_config.device_sync,
             "format_source": self.compilation_config.format_source,
         }
         self._hash = self._compute_hash()
 
-        # We need a DaceConfig to know if orchestration is part of the build system
-        # but we can't hash it very well (for now). The workaround is to make
-        # sure we have a default Python orchestrated config.
-        if self.dace_config is None:
-            self.dace_config = DaceConfig(
-                communicator=None,
-                backend=self.compilation_config.backend,
-                orchestration=DaCeOrchestration.Python,
-            )
-
     @property
     def backend(self):
         return self.compilation_config.backend
diff --git a/ndsl/stencils/corners.py b/ndsl/stencils/corners.py
index 4c13b021..d4d48a0d 100644
--- a/ndsl/stencils/corners.py
+++ b/ndsl/stencils/corners.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import warnings
 from typing import Optional, Sequence, Tuple
 
 from gt4py.cartesian import gtscript
 from gt4py.cartesian.gtscript import PARALLEL, computation, horizontal, interval, region
 
+from ndsl import StencilFactory
 from ndsl.constants import (
     X_DIM,
     X_INTERFACE_DIM,
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@
     Y_INTERFACE_DIM,
     Z_INTERFACE_DIM,
 )
-from ndsl.dsl.stencil import GridIndexing, StencilFactory
+from ndsl.dsl.stencil import GridIndexing
 from ndsl.dsl.typing import FloatField
 
 
@@ -22,6 +24,13 @@ class CopyCorners:
 
     def __init__(self, direction: str, stencil_factory: StencilFactory) -> None:
         """The grid for this stencil"""
+        warnings.warn(
+            "Usage of the GT4Py implementation of CopyCorners is discouraged and will"
+            "be removed in the next release. Use `CopyCornersX` or `CopyCornersY` in PyFV3"
+            "for a more future-proof implementation of the same code.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            2,
+        )
         grid_indexing = stencil_factory.grid_indexing
 
         n_halo = grid_indexing.n_halo
diff --git a/ndsl/types.py b/ndsl/types.py
index e3461c39..2251789b 100644
--- a/ndsl/types.py
+++ b/ndsl/types.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ def __call__(self, shape: Iterable[int], dtype: type):
 
 
 class NumpyModule(Protocol):
-
     empty: Allocator
     zeros: Allocator
     ones: Allocator