diff --git a/src/fairseq2/assets/download_manager.py b/src/fairseq2/assets/download_manager.py
index 1d9c75bf1..073841cf3 100644
--- a/src/fairseq2/assets/download_manager.py
+++ b/src/fairseq2/assets/download_manager.py
@@ -607,6 +607,3 @@ def _get_final_asset_path(self) -> Path:
             )
 
         return asset_path
-
-
-default_asset_download_manager = InProcAssetDownloadManager()
diff --git a/src/fairseq2/nn/transformer/__init__.py b/src/fairseq2/nn/transformer/__init__.py
index 84bb44e17..28f1488a8 100644
--- a/src/fairseq2/nn/transformer/__init__.py
+++ b/src/fairseq2/nn/transformer/__init__.py
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
 from fairseq2.nn.transformer.encoder_layer import (
     TransformerEncoderLayer as TransformerEncoderLayer,
 )
+from fairseq2.nn.transformer.ffn import (
+    DauphinFeedForwardNetwork as DauphinFeedForwardNetwork,
+)
 from fairseq2.nn.transformer.ffn import FeedForwardNetwork as FeedForwardNetwork
 from fairseq2.nn.transformer.ffn import GLUFeedForwardNetwork as GLUFeedForwardNetwork
 from fairseq2.nn.transformer.ffn import (
diff --git a/src/fairseq2/nn/utils/gradient.py b/src/fairseq2/nn/utils/gradient.py
index eae609f8d..cc4eb7c64 100644
--- a/src/fairseq2/nn/utils/gradient.py
+++ b/src/fairseq2/nn/utils/gradient.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class _GradientScaleFunction(Function):
     def forward(ctx: Any, x: Tensor, scale: float) -> Tensor:  # type: ignore[override]
         if not x.dtype.is_floating_point:
             raise TypeError(
-                f"`x` is expected to be a float tensor, but is a `{x.dtype}` tensor instead."
+                f"`x` must be a float tensor, but is a `{x.dtype}` tensor instead."
             )
 
         ctx.scale = scale
diff --git a/src/fairseq2/utils/dataclass.py b/src/fairseq2/utils/dataclass.py
index ea4256664..98c568d29 100644
--- a/src/fairseq2/utils/dataclass.py
+++ b/src/fairseq2/utils/dataclass.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def merge_dataclass(target: T, source: T) -> T:
     """Merge ``target`` with the data contained in ``source``."""
     if type(target) is not type(source):
         raise TypeError(
-            f"`target` and `source` are expected to be of the same type, but they are of types `{type(target)}` and `{type(source)}` instead."
+            f"`target` and `source` must be of the same type, but they are of types `{type(target)}` and `{type(source)}` instead."
         )
 
     return cast(T, _copy_dataclass(target, source))
diff --git a/src/fairseq2/utils/structured.py b/src/fairseq2/utils/structured.py
index ee5dc2bff..9b1451540 100644
--- a/src/fairseq2/utils/structured.py
+++ b/src/fairseq2/utils/structured.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     Any,
     Literal,
     Protocol,
+    TypeVar,
     Union,
     cast,
     get_args,
@@ -604,8 +605,13 @@ def _unstructure_set(self, obj: object) -> list[object]:
 default_value_converter = ValueConverter()
 
 
-def structure(obj: object, type_: object, *, set_empty: bool = False) -> Any:
-    return default_value_converter.structure(obj, type_, set_empty=set_empty)
+T = TypeVar("T")
+
+
+def structure(obj: object, kls: type[T], *, set_empty: bool = False) -> T:
+    obj = default_value_converter.structure(obj, kls, set_empty=set_empty)
+
+    return cast(T, obj)
 
 
 def unstructure(obj: object) -> object:
diff --git a/tests/unit/nn/utils/test_gradient.py b/tests/unit/nn/utils/test_gradient.py
index ba62f670e..db8b6af22 100644
--- a/tests/unit/nn/utils/test_gradient.py
+++ b/tests/unit/nn/utils/test_gradient.py
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ def test_scale_gradient_raises_error_if_tensor_is_non_float() -> None:
 
     with pytest.raises(
         TypeError,
-        match=r"^`x` is expected to be a float tensor, but is a `torch\.int32` tensor instead\.$",
+        match=r"^`x` must be a float tensor, but is a `torch\.int32` tensor instead\.$",
     ):
         scale_gradient(a, 1.0)