diff --git a/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_Austria_Annuities.R b/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_Austria_Annuities.R
index 93be8e6cc4d010dd351f91c50acfc9f3f431395c..35420d8f8c0b5a2be08db1a9935082724babd79b 100644
--- a/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_Austria_Annuities.R
+++ b/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_Austria_Annuities.R
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 stopifnot(require(methods), require(utils), require(MortalityTables)) # MortalityTable classes; new; Excel reader
 
-mortalityTables.load("Austria_Annuities_*", wildcard=TRUE)
+mortalityTables.load("Austria_Annuities_*")
diff --git a/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_Germany_Annuities.R b/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_Germany_Annuities.R
index f5008bbe6dc1f001ae813bb8fd06f98ce6f3da65..2192f3d16ce58626404dd7f9b15c052200a28631 100644
--- a/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_Germany_Annuities.R
+++ b/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_Germany_Annuities.R
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 stopifnot(require(methods), require(utils), require(MortalityTables))
 
-mortalityTables.load("Germany_Annuities_*", wildcard = TRUE)
+mortalityTables.load("Germany_Annuities_*")
diff --git a/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_Germany_Endowments.R b/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_Germany_Endowments.R
index e7108f83309373393ef3098203d8526b814b9c0c..84f5e31372d8c7c336f7575eb7c2862cab1d8f14 100644
--- a/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_Germany_Endowments.R
+++ b/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_Germany_Endowments.R
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 stopifnot(require(methods), require(utils), require(MortalityTables)) # MortalityTable classes; new; Excel reader
 
-mortalityTables.load("Germany_Endowments_*", wildcard=TRUE)
+mortalityTables.load("Germany_Endowments_*")
diff --git a/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_USA_Annuities.R b/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_USA_Annuities.R
index 642fb7a057974efd59a06c2d3c12c8a0fb91abed..dad08f55a97061ab5d294ce5009b487b79d3b9b5 100644
--- a/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_USA_Annuities.R
+++ b/inst/extdata/MortalityTables_USA_Annuities.R
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 stopifnot(require(methods), require(utils), require(MortalityTables))
 
-mortalityTables.load("USA_Annuities_*", wildcard = TRUE)
+mortalityTables.load("USA_Annuities_*")