diff --git a/base/loading.jl b/base/loading.jl
index 8dff6838c27cc..cf3c367355ff0 100644
--- a/base/loading.jl
+++ b/base/loading.jl
@@ -2875,8 +2875,8 @@ function evalfile(path::AbstractString, args::Vector{String}=String[])
         Expr(:toplevel,
              :(const ARGS = $args),
              :(eval(x) = $(Expr(:core, :eval))(__anon__, x)),
-             :(include(x::AbstractString) = $(Expr(:top, :include))(__anon__, x)),
-             :(include(mapexpr::Function, x::AbstractString) = $(Expr(:top, :include))(mapexpr, __anon__, x)),
+             :(include(x) = $(Expr(:top, :include))(__anon__, x)),
+             :(include(mapexpr::Function, x) = $(Expr(:top, :include))(mapexpr, __anon__, x)),
              :(include($path))))
 end
 evalfile(path::AbstractString, args::Vector) = evalfile(path, String[args...])
diff --git a/src/jlfrontend.scm b/src/jlfrontend.scm
index 463e39c41d00a..2c5f42eda5ce8 100644
--- a/src/jlfrontend.scm
+++ b/src/jlfrontend.scm
@@ -211,11 +211,11 @@
           (block
            ,@loc
            (call (core eval) ,name ,x)))
-       (= (call include (:: ,x (top AbstractString)))
+       (= (call include ,x)
           (block
            ,@loc
            (call (core _call_latest) (top include) ,name ,x)))
-       (= (call include (:: ,mex (top Function)) (:: ,x (top AbstractString)))
+       (= (call include (:: ,mex (top Function)) ,x)
           (block
            ,@loc
            (call (core _call_latest) (top include) ,mex ,name ,x)))))