diff --git a/vlib/v/builder/builder.v b/vlib/v/builder/builder.v
index 35bcd6fe7a..9656c35efe 100644
--- a/vlib/v/builder/builder.v
+++ b/vlib/v/builder/builder.v
@@ -267,23 +267,24 @@ pub fn (b Builder) find_module_path(mod, fpath string) ?string {
 	return error('module "$mod" not found in:\n$smodule_lookup_paths')
 }
 
-fn (b &Builder) print_errors(errors []errors.Error) {
-	for err in errors {
-		kind := if b.pref.is_verbose { '$err.reporter error #$b.checker.nr_errors:' } else { 'error:' }
-		ferror := util.formatted_error(kind, err.message, err.file_path, err.pos)
-		eprintln(ferror)
+fn (b &Builder) print_warnings_and_errors(){
+	if b.checker.nr_warnings > 0 {
+		for err in b.checker.warnings {
+			kind := if b.pref.is_verbose { '$err.reporter warning #$b.checker.nr_warnings:' } else { 'warning:' }
+			ferror := util.formatted_error(kind, err.message, err.file_path, err.pos)
+			eprintln(ferror)
+		}
+	}
+	if b.checker.nr_errors > 0 {
+		for err in b.checker.errors {
+			kind := if b.pref.is_verbose { '$err.reporter error #$b.checker.nr_errors:' } else { 'error:' }
+			ferror := util.formatted_error(kind, err.message, err.file_path, err.pos)
+			eprintln(ferror)
+		}
+		exit(1)
 	}
 }
 
-fn (b &Builder) print_warnings(warnings []errors.Warning) {
-	for err in warnings {
-		kind := if b.pref.is_verbose { '$err.reporter warning #$b.checker.nr_errors:' } else { 'warning:' }
-		ferror := util.formatted_error(kind, err.message, err.file_path, err.pos)
-		eprintln(ferror)
-	}
-}
-
-
 fn verror(s string) {
 	util.verror('builder error', s)
 }
diff --git a/vlib/v/builder/c.v b/vlib/v/builder/c.v
index 77d3541e0f..bae0db0f0f 100644
--- a/vlib/v/builder/c.v
+++ b/vlib/v/builder/c.v
@@ -18,13 +18,7 @@ pub fn (mut b Builder) gen_c(v_files []string) string {
 	t2 := time.ticks()
 	check_time := t2 - t1
 	b.info('CHECK: ${check_time}ms')
-	if b.checker.nr_warnings > 0 {
-		b.print_warnings(b.checker.warnings)
-	}
-	if b.checker.nr_errors > 0 {
-		b.print_errors(b.checker.errors)
-		exit(1)
-	}
+	b.print_warnings_and_errors()
 	// println('starting cgen...')
 	// TODO: move gen.cgen() to c.gen()
 	res := gen.cgen(b.parsed_files, b.table, b.pref)
diff --git a/vlib/v/builder/js.v b/vlib/v/builder/js.v
index 589855f5b8..3917c98399 100644
--- a/vlib/v/builder/js.v
+++ b/vlib/v/builder/js.v
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ pub fn (mut b Builder) gen_js(v_files []string) string {
 	t2 := time.ticks()
 	check_time := t2 - t1
 	b.info('CHECK: ${check_time}ms')
-	if b.checker.nr_errors > 0 {
-		exit(1)
-	}
+	b.print_warnings_and_errors()
 	res := js.gen(b.parsed_files, b.table, b.pref)
 	t3 := time.ticks()
 	gen_time := t3 - t2