diff --git a/collects/racket/contract/private/provide.rkt b/collects/racket/contract/private/provide.rkt
index 513961d9e2..ea0e5648ba 100644
--- a/collects/racket/contract/private/provide.rkt
+++ b/collects/racket/contract/private/provide.rkt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
                               #`(contract contract-id
                                           id
                                           pos-module-source
-                                          (first-requiring-module (quote-syntax loc-id) (quote-module-path))
+                                          (quote-module-path)
                                           'external-id
                                           #,srcloc-code))))))])
                (when key