diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 6b242cb93b..0abda59dc7 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ ifdef LEGACY
 endif
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -std=gnu99 -w -o v1.exe $(VC)/$(VCFILE) -lm -lpthread $(LDFLAGS)
 	./v1.exe -no-parallel -o v2.exe $(VFLAGS) cmd/v
-	./v2.exe -o $(VEXE) $(VFLAGS) cmd/v
+	./v2.exe -nocache -o $(VEXE) $(VFLAGS) cmd/v
 	rm -rf v1.exe v2.exe
 endif
 	@$(VEXE) run cmd/tools/detect_tcc.v
diff --git a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
index f90cb0b30f..645b2c201e 100644
--- a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
+++ b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
@@ -251,6 +251,14 @@ pub fn parse_args_and_show_errors(known_external_commands []string, args []strin
 	res.run_only = os.getenv('VTEST_ONLY_FN').split_any(',')
 	mut command := ''
 	mut command_pos := -1
+
+	/*
+	$if macos || linux {
+		res.use_cache = true
+		res.skip_unused = true
+	}
+	*/
+
 	// for i, arg in args {
 	for i := 0; i < args.len; i++ {
 		arg := args[i]
@@ -450,6 +458,9 @@ pub fn parse_args_and_show_errors(known_external_commands []string, args []strin
 			'-skip-unused' {
 				res.skip_unused = true
 			}
+			'-no-skip-unused' {
+				res.skip_unused = false
+			}
 			'-compress' {
 				res.compress = true
 			}
@@ -796,7 +807,6 @@ pub fn parse_args_and_show_errors(known_external_commands []string, args []strin
 		exit(1)
 	}
 
-	// res.use_cache = true
 	if command != 'doc' && res.out_name.ends_with('.v') {
 		eprintln('Cannot save output binary in a .v file.')
 		exit(1)