diff --git a/sci b/sci
index eb322b3b..6bf76cb4 160000
--- a/sci
+++ b/sci
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit eb322b3b68312f4de109153ec1719042267320ac
+Subproject commit 6bf76cb446784d698046694f947544ec2468f979
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core.clj b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core.clj
index ca10a0b2..1c269aed 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core.clj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             [clojure.core :as c]
             [clojure.string :as str]
             [sci.core :as sci]
-            [sci.impl.namespaces :refer [copy-core-var new-var macrofy]]
+            [sci.impl.copy-vars :refer [copy-core-var new-var macrofy]]
             [sci.impl.parser :as parser]
             [sci.impl.utils :refer [clojure-core-ns]]
             [sci.impl.vars :as vars]))
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core/async.clj b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core/async.clj
index 6ae94083..391c4d9b 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core/async.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/core/async.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   (:require [clojure.core.async :as async]
             [clojure.core.async.impl.protocols :as protocols]
             [sci.core :as sci :refer [copy-var]]
-            [sci.impl.namespaces :refer [macrofy]]
+            [sci.impl.copy-vars :refer [macrofy]]
             [sci.impl.vars :as vars]))
 
 (def ^java.util.concurrent.Executor executor @#'async/thread-macro-executor)
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 5c9c261d..b7514eb1 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
    [hf.depstar.uberjar :as uberjar]
    [sci.addons :as addons]
    [sci.core :as sci]
+   [sci.impl.copy-vars :as sci-copy-vars]
    [sci.impl.io :as sio]
    [sci.impl.namespaces :as sci-namespaces]
    [sci.impl.types :as sci-types]
@@ -867,7 +868,7 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
                   :namespaces (-> namespaces
                                   (assoc 'clojure.core
                                          (assoc core-extras
-                                                'load-file (sci-namespaces/new-var 'load-file load-file*))))
+                                                'load-file (sci-copy-vars/new-var 'load-file load-file*))))
                   :env env
                   :features #{:bb :clj}
                   :classes @classes/class-map