diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/table.v b/vlib/v/ast/table.v
index 7117f3062d..1fd9b152d6 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/table.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/table.v
@@ -1186,15 +1186,6 @@ pub fn (t &Table) value_type(typ Type) Type {
 	return void_type
 }
 
-[inline]
-pub fn (t &Table) mktyp(typ Type) Type {
-	match typ {
-		float_literal_type { return f64_type }
-		int_literal_type { return int_type }
-		else { return typ }
-	}
-}
-
 pub fn (mut t Table) register_fn_generic_types(fn_name string) {
 	t.fn_generic_types[fn_name] = [][]Type{}
 }
diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/types.v b/vlib/v/ast/types.v
index 4c09037a68..0a719f26ca 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/types.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/types.v
@@ -497,6 +497,14 @@ pub fn merge_types(params ...[]Type) []Type {
 	return res
 }
 
+pub fn mktyp(typ Type) Type {
+	match typ {
+		ast.float_literal_type { return ast.f64_type }
+		ast.int_literal_type { return ast.int_type }
+		else { return typ }
+	}
+}
+
 pub struct MultiReturn {
 pub mut:
 	types []Type
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/assign.v b/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
index 81ff58c3a6..06eb8287bb 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) assign_stmt(mut node ast.AssignStmt) {
 				}
 			}
 			if right.is_auto_deref_var() {
-				left_type = c.table.mktyp(right_type.deref())
+				left_type = ast.mktyp(right_type.deref())
 			} else {
-				left_type = c.table.mktyp(right_type)
+				left_type = ast.mktyp(right_type)
 			}
 			if left_type == ast.int_type {
 				if right is ast.IntegerLiteral {
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/check_types.v b/vlib/v/checker/check_types.v
index 29413bcaba..fb97c47d3d 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/check_types.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/check_types.v
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) check_basic(got ast.Type, expected ast.Type) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 	// sum type
-	if c.table.sumtype_has_variant(expected, c.table.mktyp(got), false) {
+	if c.table.sumtype_has_variant(expected, ast.mktyp(got), false) {
 		return true
 	}
 	// type alias
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) infer_fn_generic_types(func ast.Fn, mut node ast.CallExpr
 			param_type_sym := c.table.sym(param.typ)
 
 			if param.typ.has_flag(.generic) && param_type_sym.name == gt_name {
-				to_set = c.table.mktyp(arg.typ)
+				to_set = ast.mktyp(arg.typ)
 				sym := c.table.sym(arg.typ)
 				if sym.info is ast.FnType {
 					mut func_ := sym.info.func
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) infer_fn_generic_types(func ast.Fn, mut node ast.CallExpr
 			} else if param.typ.has_flag(.generic) {
 				arg_sym := c.table.sym(arg.typ)
 				if param.typ.has_flag(.variadic) {
-					to_set = c.table.mktyp(arg.typ)
+					to_set = ast.mktyp(arg.typ)
 				} else if arg_sym.kind == .array && param_type_sym.kind == .array {
 					mut arg_elem_info := arg_sym.info as ast.Array
 					mut param_elem_info := param_type_sym.info as ast.Array
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index 6c03962e7f..b97e6de224 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -729,8 +729,8 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) infix_expr(mut node ast.InfixExpr) ast.Type {
 				} else {
 					right_type
 				}
-				left_name := c.table.type_to_str(c.table.mktyp(deref_left_type))
-				right_name := c.table.type_to_str(c.table.mktyp(deref_right_type))
+				left_name := c.table.type_to_str(ast.mktyp(deref_left_type))
+				right_name := c.table.type_to_str(ast.mktyp(deref_right_type))
 				if left_name != right_name {
 					c.error('mismatched types `$left_name` and `$right_name`', left_right_pos)
 				}
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) const_decl(mut node ast.ConstDecl) {
 				typ = ast.u64_type
 			}
 		}
-		node.fields[i].typ = c.table.mktyp(typ)
+		node.fields[i].typ = ast.mktyp(typ)
 		c.const_deps = []
 	}
 }
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) global_decl(mut node ast.GlobalDecl) {
 			mut v := c.file.global_scope.find_global(field.name) or {
 				panic('internal compiler error - could not find global in scope')
 			}
-			v.typ = c.table.mktyp(field.typ)
+			v.typ = ast.mktyp(field.typ)
 		}
 		c.global_names << field.name
 	}
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/containers.v b/vlib/v/checker/containers.v
index 2d6d5c1d87..9a62c711b0 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/containers.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/containers.v
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) array_init(mut node ast.ArrayInit) ast.Type {
 			// The first element's type
 			if i == 0 {
 				if expr.is_auto_deref_var() {
-					elem_type = c.table.mktyp(typ.deref())
+					elem_type = ast.mktyp(typ.deref())
 				} else {
-					elem_type = c.table.mktyp(typ)
+					elem_type = ast.mktyp(typ)
 				}
 				c.expected_type = elem_type
 				continue
@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) map_init(mut node ast.MapInit) ast.Type {
 			val0_type = c.unwrap_generic(info.value_type)
 		} else {
 			// `{'age': 20}`
-			key0_type = c.table.mktyp(c.expr(node.keys[0]))
+			key0_type = ast.mktyp(c.expr(node.keys[0]))
 			if node.keys[0].is_auto_deref_var() {
 				key0_type = key0_type.deref()
 			}
-			val0_type = c.table.mktyp(c.expr(node.vals[0]))
+			val0_type = ast.mktyp(c.expr(node.vals[0]))
 			if node.vals[0].is_auto_deref_var() {
 				val0_type = val0_type.deref()
 			}
@@ -255,13 +255,13 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) map_init(mut node ast.MapInit) ast.Type {
 			c.expected_type = val0_type
 			val_type := c.expr(val)
 			if !c.check_types(key_type, key0_type) || (i == 0 && key_type.is_number()
-				&& key0_type.is_number() && key0_type != c.table.mktyp(key_type)) {
+				&& key0_type.is_number() && key0_type != ast.mktyp(key_type)) {
 				msg := c.expected_msg(key_type, key0_type)
 				c.error('invalid map key: $msg', key.position())
 				same_key_type = false
 			}
 			if !c.check_types(val_type, val0_type) || (i == 0 && val_type.is_number()
-				&& val0_type.is_number() && val0_type != c.table.mktyp(val_type)) {
+				&& val0_type.is_number() && val0_type != ast.mktyp(val_type)) {
 				msg := c.expected_msg(val_type, val0_type)
 				c.error('invalid map value: $msg', val.position())
 			}
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/match.v b/vlib/v/checker/match.v
index d9bb9f9f61..bc053b8384 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/match.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/match.v
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) match_expr(mut node ast.MatchExpr) ast.Type {
 	cond_type := c.expr(node.cond)
 	// we setting this here rather than at the end of the method
 	// since it is used in c.match_exprs() it saves checking twice
-	node.cond_type = c.table.mktyp(cond_type)
+	node.cond_type = ast.mktyp(cond_type)
 	c.ensure_type_exists(node.cond_type, node.pos) or { return ast.void_type }
 	c.check_expr_opt_call(node.cond, cond_type)
 	cond_type_sym := c.table.sym(cond_type)
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
index 98c037d50f..337143c152 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) for_in_stmt(node ast.ForInStmt) {
 	if node.is_range {
 		// `for x in 1..10 {`
 		i := if node.val_var == '_' { g.new_tmp_var() } else { c_name(node.val_var) }
-		val_typ := g.table.mktyp(node.val_type)
+		val_typ := ast.mktyp(node.val_type)
 		g.write('for (${g.typ(val_typ)} $i = ')
 		g.expr(node.cond)
 		g.write('; $i < ')
@@ -2321,7 +2321,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) call_cfn_for_casting_expr(fname string, expr ast.Expr, exp_is_ptr
 
 // use instead of expr() when you need to cast to a different type
 fn (mut g Gen) expr_with_cast(expr ast.Expr, got_type_raw ast.Type, expected_type ast.Type) {
-	got_type := g.table.mktyp(got_type_raw)
+	got_type := ast.mktyp(got_type_raw)
 	exp_sym := g.table.sym(expected_type)
 	got_sym := g.table.sym(got_type)
 	expected_is_ptr := expected_type.is_ptr()
@@ -4188,7 +4188,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) select_expr(node ast.SelectExpr) {
 						objs << ast.empty_expr()
 						tmp_obj := g.new_tmp_var()
 						tmp_objs << tmp_obj
-						el_stype := g.typ(g.table.mktyp(expr.right_type))
+						el_stype := g.typ(ast.mktyp(expr.right_type))
 						g.writeln('$el_stype $tmp_obj;')
 					}
 					is_push << true