diff --git a/basis/alien/inline/compiler/compiler.factor b/basis/alien/inline/compiler/compiler.factor
index 2f5fd29aff..d9f87a9f3b 100644
--- a/basis/alien/inline/compiler/compiler.factor
+++ b/basis/alien/inline/compiler/compiler.factor
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: accessors arrays combinators fry generalizations
 io.encodings.ascii io.files io.files.temp io.launcher kernel
-locals sequences system words ;
+locals make sequences system vocabs.parser words ;
 IN: alien.inline.compiler
 
 SYMBOL: C
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ SYMBOL: C++
         { [ dup windows? ] [ drop ".dll" ] }
     } cond ;
 
+: library-path ( str -- str' )
+    '[
+        "lib-" % current-vocab name>> %
+        "-" % _ % library-suffix %
+    ] "" make temp-file ;
+
 : src-suffix ( lang -- str )
     {
         { C [ ".c" ] }
@@ -52,8 +58,8 @@ M: macosx link-descr
     try-process ;
 
 :: link-object ( lang args name -- )
-    args name [ "lib" prepend library-suffix append ]
-    [ ".o" append ] bi [ temp-file ] bi@ 2array
+    args name [ library-path ]
+    [ ".o" append temp-file ] bi 2array
     lang link-command try-process ;
 
 :: compile-to-library ( lang args contents name -- )
diff --git a/basis/alien/inline/inline-tests.factor b/basis/alien/inline/inline-tests.factor
index acd2d615cd..60e6b3b594 100644
--- a/basis/alien/inline/inline-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/alien/inline/inline-tests.factor
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ C-FUNCTION: const-int add ( int a, int b )
 { 2 1 } [ add ] must-infer-as
 [ 5 ] [ 2 3 add ] unit-test
 
-<< library-path dup exists? [ delete-file ] [ drop ] if >>
+<< c-library get library-path dup exists?
+[ delete-file ] [ drop ] if >>
 
 
 C-LIBRARY: cpplib
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ C-FUNCTION: const-char* hello ( )
 { 0 1 } [ hello ] must-infer-as
 [ "hello world" ] [ hello ] unit-test
 
-<< library-path dup exists? [ delete-file ] [ drop ] if >>
+<< c-library get library-path dup exists?
+[ delete-file ] [ drop ] if >>
 
 
 C-LIBRARY: compile-error
@@ -45,4 +47,5 @@ C-FUNCTION: char* breakme ( )
 
 << [ compile-c-library ] must-fail >>
 
-<< library-path dup exists? [ delete-file ] [ drop ] if >>
+<< c-library get library-path dup exists?
+[ delete-file ] [ drop ] if >>
diff --git a/basis/alien/inline/inline.factor b/basis/alien/inline/inline.factor
index 365b56ca28..5ddd95a4cd 100644
--- a/basis/alien/inline/inline.factor
+++ b/basis/alien/inline/inline.factor
@@ -41,13 +41,8 @@ SYMBOL: c-strings
 : append-function-body ( prototype-str -- str )
     " {\n" append parse-here append "\n}\n" append ;
 
-
-: library-path ( -- str )
-    "lib" c-library get library-suffix
-    3array concat temp-file ;
-
 : compile-library? ( -- ? )
-    library-path dup exists? [
+    c-library get library-path dup exists? [
         file get path>>
         [ file-info modified>> ] bi@ <=> +lt+ =
     ] [ drop t ] if ;
@@ -66,7 +61,7 @@ PRIVATE>
 
 : compile-c-library ( -- )
     compile-library? [ compile-library ] when
-    c-library get library-path "cdecl" add-library ;
+    c-library get dup library-path "cdecl" add-library ;
 
 : define-c-function ( function types effect -- )
     [ factor-function define-declared ] 3keep prototype-string