diff --git a/src/leiningen/try.clj b/src/leiningen/try.clj
index f0af1c4..69c3e2d 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/try.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/try.clj
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@
     (fn [args]
       (lazy-convert args))))
 
+(defn- disable-pedantic
+  "Reduce `:pedantic?` level to `:warn` if `:abort` is given, maintain type to
+   not cause unnecessary warnings."
+  [{:keys [pedantic?] :as project}]
+  (if (and pedantic? (= (name pedantic?) "abort"))
+    (->> (condp #(% %2) pedantic?
+           string? "warn"
+           symbol? 'warn
+           :warn)
+         (assoc-in project [:profiles :try :pedantic?]))
+    project))
+
 (defn- add-try-deps
   "Add list of try-dependencies to project."
   [deps project]
@@ -60,6 +72,7 @@
   "Resolve try-dependencies and start REPL."
   [project]
   (let [project (-> project
+                    disable-pedantic
                     add-reload-data-readers-injection
                     ;; Necessary to update project map metadata Lein uses internally
                     prj/project-with-profiles
diff --git a/test/leiningen/try_test.clj b/test/leiningen/try_test.clj
index 89e38f2..47e9fd8 100644
--- a/test/leiningen/try_test.clj
+++ b/test/leiningen/try_test.clj
@@ -42,3 +42,17 @@
                                     :profiles {:try {:dependencies [[:a :b]]}}})
            {:dependencies [[:c :d]]
             :profiles {:try {:dependencies [[:a :b] [:e :f]]}}}))))
+
+(deftest disable-pedantic-test
+  (let [disable-pedantic #'leiningen.try/disable-pedantic]
+    (are [project] (= (disable-pedantic project) project)
+         {}
+         {:pedantic? :warn}
+         {:pedantic? :none}
+         {:pedantic? :something-else})
+    (are [pedantic? result] (= (get-in (disable-pedantic {:pedantic? pedantic?})
+                                       [:profiles :try :pedantic?])
+                               result)
+         :abort  :warn
+         'abort  'warn
+         "abort" "warn")))