diff --git a/basis/alien/c-syntax/authors.txt b/basis/alien/inline/authors.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from basis/alien/c-syntax/authors.txt
rename to basis/alien/inline/authors.txt
diff --git a/basis/alien/compile/authors.txt b/basis/alien/inline/compiler/authors.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from basis/alien/compile/authors.txt
rename to basis/alien/inline/compiler/authors.txt
diff --git a/basis/alien/compile/compile.factor b/basis/alien/inline/compiler/compiler.factor
similarity index 97%
rename from basis/alien/compile/compile.factor
rename to basis/alien/inline/compiler/compiler.factor
index a1b21e14aa..4bda027f97 100644
--- a/basis/alien/compile/compile.factor
+++ b/basis/alien/inline/compiler/compiler.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 USING: accessors arrays combinators fry generalizations
 io.encodings.ascii io.files io.files.temp io.launcher kernel
 locals sequences system ;
-IN: alien.compile
+IN: alien.inline.compiler
 
 SYMBOL: C
 SYMBOL: C++
diff --git a/basis/alien/c-syntax/c-syntax.factor b/basis/alien/inline/inline.factor
similarity index 88%
rename from basis/alien/c-syntax/c-syntax.factor
rename to basis/alien/inline/inline.factor
index b29789b737..4db562e5a2 100644
--- a/basis/alien/c-syntax/c-syntax.factor
+++ b/basis/alien/inline/inline.factor
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-USING: accessors alien.compile alien.libraries alien.parser
-arrays fry generalizations io.files io.files.info io.files.temp
-kernel lexer math.order multiline namespaces sequences system
-vocabs.loader vocabs.parser words ;
-IN: alien.c-syntax
+USING: accessors alien.inline.compiler alien.libraries
+alien.parser arrays fry generalizations io.files io.files.info
+io.files.temp kernel lexer math.order multiline namespaces
+sequences system vocabs.loader vocabs.parser words ;
+IN: alien.inline
 
 <PRIVATE
 SYMBOL: c-library