diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/constant/evaluation.dart b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/constant/evaluation.dart
index 23ad1a2df0c..7e477d3c223 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/constant/evaluation.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/constant/evaluation.dart
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import 'dart:collection';
 
 import 'package:analyzer/context/declared_variables.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/dart/ast/ast.dart';
+import 'package:analyzer/dart/ast/standard_ast_factory.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/dart/ast/token.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/dart/ast/visitor.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/dart/constant/value.dart';
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ import 'package:analyzer/src/generated/type_system.dart'
 import 'package:analyzer/src/generated/utilities_collection.dart';
 import 'package:analyzer/src/generated/utilities_dart.dart' show ParameterKind;
 import 'package:analyzer/src/task/dart.dart';
-import 'package:analyzer/dart/ast/standard_ast_factory.dart';
 
 /**
  * Helper class encapsulating the methods for evaluating constants and
@@ -1292,8 +1292,8 @@ class ConstantVisitor extends UnifyingAstVisitor<DartObjectImpl> {
     }
     ParameterizedType thenType = thenResult.type;
     ParameterizedType elseType = elseResult.type;
-    return new DartObjectImpl.validWithUnknownValue(
-        _typeSystem.getLeastUpperBound(thenType, elseType) as InterfaceType);
+    return new DartObjectImpl.validWithUnknownValue(_typeSystem
+        .getLeastUpperBound(thenType, elseType) as ParameterizedType);
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/constant/value.dart b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/constant/value.dart
index db4de37f830..a927df61a25 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/constant/value.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/constant/value.dart
@@ -144,9 +144,6 @@ class DartObjectImpl implements DartObject {
    */
   static const List<DartObjectImpl> EMPTY_LIST = const <DartObjectImpl>[];
 
-  /**
-   * The run-time type of this object.
-   */
   @override
   final ParameterizedType type;
 
@@ -163,7 +160,7 @@ class DartObjectImpl implements DartObject {
   /**
    * Create an object to represent an unknown value.
    */
-  factory DartObjectImpl.validWithUnknownValue(InterfaceType type) {
+  factory DartObjectImpl.validWithUnknownValue(ParameterizedType type) {
     if (type.element.library.isDartCore) {
       String typeName = type.name;
       if (typeName == "bool") {