diff --git a/src/core/Any-iterable-methods.pm b/src/core/Any-iterable-methods.pm
index 21b6c013569..6de8bdbd18a 100644
--- a/src/core/Any-iterable-methods.pm
+++ b/src/core/Any-iterable-methods.pm
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ Did you mean to add a stub (\{...\}) or did you mean to .classify?"
           $pulled
         )
     }
-    multi method head(Any:D: Callable:D $w) {
+    multi method head(Any:D: WhateverCode:D $w) {
         Seq.new(
            Rakudo::Iterator.AllButLastNValues(self.iterator,-($w(0).Int))
         )
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ Did you mean to add a stub (\{...\}) or did you mean to .classify?"
     multi method tail(Any:D: $n) {
         Seq.new(
           nqp::if(
-            nqp::istype($n,Callable)
+            nqp::istype($n,WhateverCode)
               && nqp::isgt_i((my $skip := -($n(0).Int)),0),
             nqp::stmts(
               (my $iterator := self.iterator).skip-at-least($skip),