diff --git a/compiler/extccomp.nim b/compiler/extccomp.nim
index 615b8c1e1c..17133624b4 100644
--- a/compiler/extccomp.nim
+++ b/compiler/extccomp.nim
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ proc addExternalFileToCompile*(conf: ConfigRef; c: var Cfile) =
 
 proc addExternalFileToCompile*(conf: ConfigRef; filename: string) =
   var c = Cfile(cname: filename,
-    obj: toObjFile(conf, completeCFilePath(conf, changeFileExt(filename, ""), false)),
+    obj: toObjFile(conf, completeCFilePath(conf, filename, false)),
     flags: {CfileFlag.External})
   addExternalFileToCompile(conf, c)
 
diff --git a/compiler/pragmas.nim b/compiler/pragmas.nim
index c78a3519cf..afe60e9dd9 100644
--- a/compiler/pragmas.nim
+++ b/compiler/pragmas.nim
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ proc processCompile(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
       else:
         found = findFile(c.config, s)
         if found.len == 0: found = s
-    let obj = toObjFile(c.config, completeCFilePath(c.config, changeFileExt(found, ""), false))
+    let obj = toObjFile(c.config, completeCFilePath(c.config, found, false))
     docompile(c, it, found, obj)
 
 proc processCommonLink(c: PContext, n: PNode, feature: TLinkFeature) =