diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Console/Scheduling/Event.php b/src/Illuminate/Console/Scheduling/Event.php
index 89f9c99408fe..da41361a6bc3 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Console/Scheduling/Event.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Console/Scheduling/Event.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Closure;
 use Cron\CronExpression;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use GuzzleHttp\Client as HttpClient;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Mail\Mailer;
@@ -377,7 +378,7 @@ public function emailOutputTo($addresses, $onlyIfOutputExists = false)
     {
         $this->ensureOutputIsBeingCapturedForEmail();
 
-        $addresses = is_array($addresses) ? $addresses : [$addresses];
+        $addresses = Arr::wrap($addresses);
 
         return $this->then(function (Mailer $mailer) use ($addresses, $onlyIfOutputExists) {
             $this->emailOutput($mailer, $addresses, $onlyIfOutputExists);
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php
index fd3925373fd3..4d933a280d6a 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Exception;
 use Throwable;
 use ReflectionClass;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder;
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ public function command($signature, Closure $callback)
      */
     protected function load($paths)
     {
-        $paths = array_unique(is_array($paths) ? $paths : (array) $paths);
+        $paths = array_unique(Arr::wrap($paths));
 
         $paths = array_filter($paths, function ($path) {
             return is_dir($path);
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php
index eb1d94e7d0de..0bfc93efde99 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Str.php
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public static function finish($value, $cap)
      */
     public static function is($pattern, $value)
     {
-        $patterns = is_array($pattern) ? $pattern : (array) $pattern;
+        $patterns = Arr::wrap($pattern);
 
         if (empty($patterns)) {
             return false;