diff --git a/src/fs/fs.ts b/src/fs/fs.ts
index 7526f80b3..5bd5131c6 100644
--- a/src/fs/fs.ts
+++ b/src/fs/fs.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { LoaderOptions } from './loader'
-
 export interface FS {
   /** check if a file exists asynchronously */
   exists: (filepath: string) => Promise<boolean>;
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@ export interface FS {
   /** read a file synchronously */
   readFileSync: (filepath: string) => string;
   /** resolve a file against directory, for given `ext` option */
-  resolve: (dir: string, file: string, ext: string, options?: LoaderOptions) => string;
+  resolve: (dir: string, file: string, ext: string) => string;
   /** defaults to "/", will be used for "within roots" check */
   sep?: string;
   /** dirname for a filepath, used when resolving relative path */
diff --git a/src/fs/loader.ts b/src/fs/loader.ts
index bc383a9b7..dd078fb0e 100644
--- a/src/fs/loader.ts
+++ b/src/fs/loader.ts
@@ -35,10 +35,14 @@ export class Loader {
     throw this.lookupError(file, dirs)
   }
 
+  public shouldLoadRelative (referencedFile: string) {
+    return this.options.relativeReference && this.rRelativePath.test(referencedFile)
+  }
+
   public * candidates (file: string, dirs: string[], currentFile?: string, enforceRoot?: boolean) {
     const { fs, extname } = this.options
     if (this.shouldLoadRelative(file) && currentFile) {
-      const referenced = fs.resolve(this.dirname(currentFile), file, extname, this.options)
+      const referenced = fs.resolve(this.dirname(currentFile), file, extname)
       for (const dir of dirs) {
         if (!enforceRoot || this.withinDir(referenced, dir)) {
           // the relatively referenced file is within one of root dirs
@@ -64,10 +68,6 @@ export class Loader {
     return file.startsWith(dir)
   }
 
-  private shouldLoadRelative (referencedFile: string) {
-    return this.options.relativeReference && this.rRelativePath.test(referencedFile)
-  }
-
   private dirname (path: string) {
     const fs = this.options.fs
     assert(fs.dirname, '`fs.dirname` is required for relative reference')
diff --git a/src/fs/node.ts b/src/fs/node.ts
index ce1d32f7c..29255381c 100644
--- a/src/fs/node.ts
+++ b/src/fs/node.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as _ from '../util/underscore'
 import { resolve as nodeResolve, extname, dirname as nodeDirname } from 'path'
 import { stat, statSync, readFile as nodeReadFile, readFileSync as nodeReadFileSync } from 'fs'
-import { LiquidOptions } from '../liquid-options'
 
 const statAsync = _.promisify(stat)
 const readFileAsync = _.promisify<string, string, string>(nodeReadFile)
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ export function existsSync (filepath: string) {
 export function readFileSync (filepath: string) {
   return nodeReadFileSync(filepath, 'utf8')
 }
-export function resolve (root: string, file: string, ext: string, opts: LiquidOptions) {
+export function resolve (root: string, file: string, ext: string) {
   if (!extname(file)) file += ext
   return nodeResolve(root, file)
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/render-file.ts b/test/e2e/render-file.ts
index 4caa04da1..edacaba8f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/render-file.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/render-file.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ describe('#renderFile()', function () {
       extname: '.html'
     })
     return expect(engine.renderFile('/not/exist.html')).to
-      .be.rejectedWith(/Failed to lookup "\/not\/exist.html" in "\/boo\/,\/root\/"/)
+      .be.rejectedWith(/Failed to lookup "\/not\/exist.html" in "\/boo,\/root\/"/)
   })
 })