diff --git a/share/wake/lib/system/remote_cache_api.wake b/share/wake/lib/system/remote_cache_api.wake
index 12b2a475e..37884da8e 100644
--- a/share/wake/lib/system/remote_cache_api.wake
+++ b/share/wake/lib/system/remote_cache_api.wake
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ def resolveDbScheme _scheme path =
 
 # Dispatches the content resolution for uri based on its scheme
 def resolveUriResponse (dbSchemeFn: (String => String => Result a Error)) (fileSchemeFn: (String => String => Result a Error)) (uri: String) =
-    require scheme, path, Nil = (uri | extract `([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9+.-]*)://(.*)`)
+    require scheme, path, Nil = extract `([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9+.-]*)://(.*)` uri
     else failWithError "rsc: uri has unexpected format: '{uri}'"
 
     def unsupportedSchemeFn s p =