Adding explicit type to val prevents val from being used as a constant in annotation

From the REPL:

scala> final val x = "x"
x: java.lang.String("x") = x

scala> @javax.persistence.Table(name = x) case class foo()
defined class foo

scala> final val x:java.lang.String = "x"
x: java.lang.String = x

scala> @javax.persistence.Table(name = x) case class foo()
<console>:6: error: annotation argument needs to be a constant; found: x
       @javax.persistence.Table(name = x) case class foo()

Can someone explain why this only works without a type?