diff --git a/base/abstractarray.jl b/base/abstractarray.jl
index 9042e5f81e4624..8b630119f49c5a 100644
--- a/base/abstractarray.jl
+++ b/base/abstractarray.jl
@@ -1650,13 +1650,15 @@ eltypeof(x::AbstractArray) = eltype(x)
 
 promote_eltypeof() = error()
 promote_eltypeof(v1) = eltypeof(v1)
-promote_eltypeof(v1, vs...) = promote_type(eltypeof(v1), promote_eltypeof(vs...))
+promote_eltypeof(v1, v2) = promote_type(eltypeof(v1), eltypeof(y))
+promote_eltypeof(v1, v2, vs...) = (@inline; afoldl(((::Type{T}, y) where {T}) -> promote_type(T, eltypeof(y)), promote_eltypeof(v1, v2), vs...))
 promote_eltypeof(v1::T, vs::T...) where {T} = eltypeof(v1)
 promote_eltypeof(v1::AbstractArray{T}, vs::AbstractArray{T}...) where {T} = T
 
 promote_eltype() = error()
 promote_eltype(v1) = eltype(v1)
-promote_eltype(v1, vs...) = promote_type(eltype(v1), promote_eltype(vs...))
+promote_eltype(v1, v2) = promote_type(eltype(v1), eltype(y))
+promote_eltype(v1, v2, vs...) = (@inline; afoldl(((::Type{T}, y) where {T}) -> promote_type(T, eltype(y)), promote_eltype(v1, v2), vs...))
 promote_eltype(v1::T, vs::T...) where {T} = eltype(T)
 promote_eltype(v1::AbstractArray{T}, vs::AbstractArray{T}...) where {T} = T
 
diff --git a/base/promotion.jl b/base/promotion.jl
index 1d4fea8c404eb9..689a4e4be8f39e 100644
--- a/base/promotion.jl
+++ b/base/promotion.jl
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Number
 """
 typejoin() = Bottom
 typejoin(@nospecialize(t)) = (@_nospecializeinfer_meta; t)
-typejoin(@nospecialize(t), ts...) = (@_foldable_meta; @_nospecializeinfer_meta; typejoin(t, typejoin(ts...)))
+typejoin(@nospecialize(t), @nospecialize(s), @nospecialize(u)) = (@_foldable_meta; @_nospecializeinfer_meta; typejoin(typejoin(t, s), u))
+typejoin(@nospecialize(t), @nospecialize(s), @nospecialize(u), ts...) = (@_foldable_meta; @_nospecializeinfer_meta; afoldl(typejoin, typejoin(t, s, u), ts...))
 function typejoin(@nospecialize(a), @nospecialize(b))
     @_foldable_meta
     @_nospecializeinfer_meta
@@ -299,7 +300,8 @@ function promote_type end
 
 promote_type()  = Bottom
 promote_type(T) = T
-promote_type(T, S, U, V...) = (@inline; promote_type(T, promote_type(S, U, V...)))
+promote_type(T, S, U) = (@inline; promote_type(promote_type(T, S), U))
+promote_type(T, S, U, V...) = (@inline; afoldl(promote_type, promote_type(T, S, U), V...))
 
 promote_type(::Type{Bottom}, ::Type{Bottom}) = Bottom
 promote_type(::Type{T}, ::Type{T}) where {T} = T
@@ -373,7 +375,9 @@ function _promote(x::T, y::S) where {T,S}
     return (convert(R, x), convert(R, y))
 end
 promote_typeof(x) = typeof(x)
-promote_typeof(x, xs...) = (@inline; promote_type(typeof(x), promote_typeof(xs...)))
+promote_typeof(x, y) = (@inline; promote_type(typeof(x), typeof(y)))
+promote_typeof(x, y, z) = (@inline; promote_type(typeof(x), typeof(y), typeof(z)))
+promote_typeof(x, y, z, a...) = (@inline; afoldl(((::Type{T}, y) where {T}) -> promote_type(T, typeof(y)), promote_typeof(x, y, z), a...))
 function _promote(x, y, z)
     @inline
     R = promote_typeof(x, y, z)
diff --git a/test/compiler/inference.jl b/test/compiler/inference.jl
index d6cd231dfdd588..30c5c306faa94d 100644
--- a/test/compiler/inference.jl
+++ b/test/compiler/inference.jl
@@ -5639,3 +5639,9 @@ end
 @test issue53590(true, false) == Real
 @test issue53590(false, false) == Float64
 @test issue53590(false, true) == Real
+
+# issue #53585
+let t = ntuple(i -> i % 8 == 1 ? Int64 : Float64, 4000)
+    @test only(Base.return_types(Base.promote_typeof, t)) == Type{Float64}
+    @test only(Base.return_types(vcat, t)) == Vector{Float64}
+end