diff --git a/src/symbolic_utils.jl b/src/symbolic_utils.jl
index 0cbbc6813..9057717e1 100644
--- a/src/symbolic_utils.jl
+++ b/src/symbolic_utils.jl
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ end
 
 cleansyms(syms::Nothing) = nothing
 cleansyms(syms::Tuple) = collect(cleansym(sym) for sym in syms)
+cleansyms(syms::Vector) = cleansyms(Symbol.(syms))
 cleansyms(syms::Vector{Symbol}) = cleansym.(syms)
 cleansyms(syms::LinearIndices) = nothing
 cleansyms(syms::CartesianIndices) = nothing