5e spells is really only required if you want access to the cantrips that aren’t in the base game. Someone on nexus did a patch for arcane archer that gives a different cantrip selection for non 5e spells players - go grab that would be my recommendation
5e Spells requirement (3 comments)
also, it would be possible someday to have this class mod not require 5e spells like your other class mods or is impossible to do?