diff --git a/cmd/v/v.v b/cmd/v/v.v
index b6b410f1e9..6799a3202d 100644
--- a/cmd/v/v.v
+++ b/cmd/v/v.v
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ fn parse_args(args []string) (&pref.Preferences, string) {
 				res.is_cache = true
 			}
 			'-keepc' {
-				res.is_keep_c = true
+				res.keep_c = true
 			}
 			'-x64' {
 				res.backend = .x64
diff --git a/vlib/v/builder/cc.v b/vlib/v/builder/cc.v
index 8187c2ead2..a38c5f3e8f 100644
--- a/vlib/v/builder/cc.v
+++ b/vlib/v/builder/cc.v
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ If you're confident that all of the above is true, please try running V with the
 		println('linux cross compilation done. resulting binary: "$v.out_name"')
 	}
 	*/
-	if !v.pref.is_keep_c && v.out_name_c != 'v.c' {
+	if !v.pref.keep_c && v.out_name_c != 'v.c' {
 		os.rm(v.out_name_c)
 	}
 	if v.pref.compress {
diff --git a/vlib/v/builder/msvc.v b/vlib/v/builder/msvc.v
index ced37237a4..c5770a1a03 100644
--- a/vlib/v/builder/msvc.v
+++ b/vlib/v/builder/msvc.v
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ fn find_msvc() ?MsvcResult {
 pub fn (mut v Builder) cc_msvc() {
 	r := find_msvc() or {
 		// TODO: code reuse
-		if !v.pref.is_keep_c && v.out_name_c != 'v.c' && v.out_name_c != 'v_macos.c' {
+		if !v.pref.keep_c && v.out_name_c != 'v.c' && v.out_name_c != 'v_macos.c' {
 			os.rm(v.out_name_c)
 		}
 		verror('Cannot find MSVC on this OS')
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ pub fn (mut v Builder) cc_msvc() {
 	}
 	// println(res)
 	// println('C OUTPUT:')
-	if !v.pref.is_keep_c && v.out_name_c != 'v.c' && v.out_name_c != 'v_macos.c' {
+	if !v.pref.keep_c && v.out_name_c != 'v.c' && v.out_name_c != 'v_macos.c' {
 		os.rm(v.out_name_c)
 	}
 	// Always remove the object file - it is completely unnecessary
diff --git a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
index ddf6233236..c82b3a9636 100644
--- a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
+++ b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub mut:
 	sanitize            bool // use Clang's new "-fsanitize" option
 	is_debug            bool // false by default, turned on by -g or -cg, it tells v to pass -g to the C backend compiler.
 	is_vlines           bool // turned on by -g, false by default (it slows down .tmp.c generation slightly).
-	is_keep_c           bool // -keep_c , tell v to leave the generated .tmp.c alone (since by default v will delete them after c backend finishes)
+	keep_c              bool // -keepc , tell v to leave the generated .tmp.c alone (since by default v will delete them after c backend finishes)
 	show_cc             bool // -showcc, print cc command
 	// NB: passing -cg instead of -g will set is_vlines to false and is_g to true, thus making v generate cleaner C files,
 	// which are sometimes easier to debug / inspect manually than the .tmp.c files by plain -g (when/if v line number generation breaks).