diff --git a/src/globus_sdk/scopes/_graph_parser.py b/src/globus_sdk/scopes/_graph_parser.py
index 1718e0b73..9e7e7b649 100644
--- a/src/globus_sdk/scopes/_graph_parser.py
+++ b/src/globus_sdk/scopes/_graph_parser.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def _convert_trees(cls, trees: list[ScopeTreeNode]) -> ScopeGraph:
     _add_dataclass_kwargs: dict[str, bool] = {}
 
 
-@dataclasses.dataclass(**_add_dataclass_kwargs)
+@dataclasses.dataclass(repr=False, eq=False, order=False, **_add_dataclass_kwargs)
 class ScopeTreeNode:
     #
     # This is an intermediate representation for scope parsing.
diff --git a/src/globus_sdk/scopes/representation.py b/src/globus_sdk/scopes/representation.py
index bb031ad82..5e215f23c 100644
--- a/src/globus_sdk/scopes/representation.py
+++ b/src/globus_sdk/scopes/representation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import dataclasses
+import re
 import sys
 import typing as t
 
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@
     _add_dataclass_kwargs: dict[str, bool] = {}
 
 
+_BAD_SCOPE_CHARS_PATTERN: re.Pattern[str] = re.compile(r"[\[\]* ]")
+
+
 @dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True, repr=False, **_add_dataclass_kwargs)
 class Scope:
     """
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ class Scope:
     def __post_init__(
         self,
     ) -> None:
-        if any(c in self.scope_string for c in "[]* "):
+        if _BAD_SCOPE_CHARS_PATTERN.search(self.scope_string):
             raise ValueError(
                 "Scope instances may not contain the special characters '[]* '. "
                 "Use Scope.parse instead."