diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/fn.v b/vlib/v/checker/fn.v
index 7200e18047..d092682ce1 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/fn.v
@@ -1884,6 +1884,9 @@ fn (mut c Checker) array_builtin_method_call(mut node ast.CallExpr, left_type as
 		c.check_map_and_filter(false, elem_typ, node)
 		node.return_type = ast.bool_type
 	} else if method_name == 'clone' {
+		if node.args.len != 0 {
+			c.error('`.clone()` does not have any arguments', node.args[0].pos)
+		}
 		// need to return `array_xxx` instead of `array`
 		// in ['clone', 'str'] {
 		node.receiver_type = left_type.ref()
@@ -1914,6 +1917,9 @@ fn (mut c Checker) array_builtin_method_call(mut node ast.CallExpr, left_type as
 	} else if method_name == 'index' {
 		node.return_type = ast.int_type
 	} else if method_name in ['first', 'last', 'pop'] {
+		if node.args.len != 0 {
+			c.error('`.${method_name}()` does not have any arguments', node.args[0].pos)
+		}
 		node.return_type = array_info.elem_type
 		if method_name == 'pop' {
 			c.fail_if_immutable(node.left)
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/array_builtin_method_args_err.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/array_builtin_method_args_err.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db760305c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/array_builtin_method_args_err.out
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+vlib/v/checker/tests/array_builtin_method_args_err.vv:4:18: error: `.clone()` does not have any arguments
+    2 |     arr := [1, 2, 3]
+    3 |
+    4 |     a1 := arr.clone(22)
+      |                     ~~
+    5 |     println(a1)
+    6 |
+vlib/v/checker/tests/array_builtin_method_args_err.vv:7:18: error: `.first()` does not have any arguments
+    5 |     println(a1)
+    6 |
+    7 |     a2 := arr.first('a2')
+      |                     ~~~~
+    8 |     println(a2)
+    9 |
+vlib/v/checker/tests/array_builtin_method_args_err.vv:10:17: error: `.last()` does not have any arguments
+    8 |     println(a2)
+    9 |
+   10 |     a3 := arr.last(1)
+      |                    ^
+   11 |     println(a3)
+   12 |
+vlib/v/checker/tests/array_builtin_method_args_err.vv:13:16: error: `.pop()` does not have any arguments
+   11 |     println(a3)
+   12 |
+   13 |     a4 := arr.pop(2)
+      |                   ^
+   14 |     println(a4)
+   15 | }
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/array_builtin_method_args_err.vv b/vlib/v/checker/tests/array_builtin_method_args_err.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45a836bbc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/array_builtin_method_args_err.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+fn main() {
+	arr := [1, 2, 3]
+
+	a1 := arr.clone(22)
+	println(a1)
+
+	a2 := arr.first('a2')
+	println(a2)
+
+	a3 := arr.last(1)
+	println(a3)
+
+	a4 := arr.pop(2)
+	println(a4)
+}