diff --git a/compiler/compiler-main.stanza b/compiler/compiler-main.stanza
index 5da11455..a76ddb59 100644
--- a/compiler/compiler-main.stanza
+++ b/compiler/compiler-main.stanza
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ public defn compile (proj-manager:ProjManager,
                      supported-vm-packages:Tuple<String|Symbol>,
                      output:False|String,
                      pkg-dir:False|String,
-                     pkg-cache-dir:False|String
                      backend:Backend,
                      optimize?:True|False,
                      debug?:True|False,
@@ -188,11 +187,11 @@ public defn compile (proj-manager:ProjManager,
                             flags,
                             debug?,
                             false,
-                            pkg-cache-dir)
+                            pkg-cache-dir(proj-manager))
 
     ;True if pkgs are written out, either to the pkg directory
     ;or to the cache directory.
-    val write-out-pkgs? = pkg-dir is String or pkg-cache-dir is String
+    val write-out-pkgs? = pkg-dir is String or pkg-cache-dir(proj-manager) is String
 
     ;Save optimized packages if necessary
     if write-out-pkgs? and optimize? :
diff --git a/compiler/compiler.stanza b/compiler/compiler.stanza
index 1f7e1b1e..470e36c8 100644
--- a/compiler/compiler.stanza
+++ b/compiler/compiler.stanza
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ public defn compile (settings:BuildSettings, system:System, verbose?:True|False)
       setup-system-flags(settings*)
       val proj-params = ProjParams(compiler-flags(), optimize?(settings*), debug?(settings*), false, disable-cache?(settings*), pkg-cache-dir(settings*))
       val proj-manager = ProjManager(proj, proj-params, auxfile)
-      val comp-result = compile(proj-manager, auxfile, build-inputs!(settings*), vm-packages(settings*), asm?(settings*), pkg-dir(settings*), pkg-cache-dir(settings*)
+      val comp-result = compile(proj-manager, auxfile, build-inputs!(settings*), vm-packages(settings*), asm?(settings*), pkg-dir(settings*),
                                 backend(platform(settings*) as Symbol), optimize?(settings*), debug?(settings*), verbose?,
                                 macro-plugins(settings*), inputs(settings) is BuildTarget)
       save(auxfile)
diff --git a/compiler/repl.stanza b/compiler/repl.stanza
index c1ae8c1f..d47a6604 100644
--- a/compiler/repl.stanza
+++ b/compiler/repl.stanza
@@ -478,15 +478,13 @@ public defn REPL (macro-plugins:Tuple<String>,
     within log-time(REPL-LOWERING-AND-COMPILATION) :
     
       ;Create the PkgSaver to cache pkg files when appropriate.
-      val cache-dir = match(pkg-cache-dir:String) : pkg-cache-dir
-                      else : /pkg-cache-dir(proj-manager)
       val pkgsaver = PkgSaver(auxfile,
                               pkgstamps(result),
                               false,
                               compiler-flags,
                               false,
                               true,
-                              cache-dir)
+                              /pkg-cache-dir(proj-manager))
 
       ;Compile the EPackages into VMPackages.
       val vmpackages = for p in packages(result) map :
@@ -507,7 +505,7 @@ public defn REPL (macro-plugins:Tuple<String>,
             vmp(p)
 
       ;Save the auxiliary file if caching is enabled.
-      save(auxfile) when cache-dir is String
+      save(auxfile) when /pkg-cache-dir(proj-manager) is String
 
       ;Return the compiled VMPackages.
       vmpackages