diff --git a/vlib/builtin/int.v b/vlib/builtin/int.v
index 1a7c109bc3bf34..4b3e3ee8a7e2eb 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/int.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/int.v
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ pub fn (n int) str() string {
 	return n.str_l(12)
 }
 
+// str returns the value of the `int` as a `string`.
+// Example: assert int(-2020).str() == '-2020'
+/*
+pub fn int_str(n int) string {
+	return i64(n).str()
+}
+*/
+
 // str returns the value of the `u32` as a `string`.
 // Example: assert u32(20000).str() == '20000'
 [direct_array_access; inline]
diff --git a/vlib/builtin/wasm/wasi/int.v b/vlib/builtin/wasm/wasi/int.v
index eef4f64e5b57b1..05520efcd888f1 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/wasm/wasi/int.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/wasm/wasi/int.v
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 module builtin
 
 type byte = u8
-type i32 = int
+
+// type i32 = int
 
 const (
 	// digit pairs in reverse order
diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/types.v b/vlib/v/ast/types.v
index 36183af05c0511..037ea5643cd4b3 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/types.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/types.v
@@ -981,8 +981,8 @@ pub fn (t &TypeSymbol) is_pointer() bool {
 
 [inline]
 pub fn (t &TypeSymbol) is_int() bool {
-	res := t.kind in [.i8, .i16, .int, .i64, .isize, .u8, .u16, .u32, .u64, .usize, .int_literal,
-		.rune]
+	res := t.kind in [.i8, .i16, .int, .i64, .i32, .isize, .u8, .u16, .u32, .u64, .usize,
+		.int_literal, .rune]
 	if !res && t.kind == .alias {
 		return (t.info as Alias).parent_type.is_number()
 	}
@@ -1047,10 +1047,24 @@ pub fn (t &Table) type_size(typ Type) (int, int) {
 			size = 2
 			align = 2
 		}
-		.int, .i32, .u32, .rune, .f32, .enum_ {
+		.i32, .u32, .rune, .f32, .enum_ {
 			size = 4
 			align = 4
 		}
+		.int {
+			$if new_int ? {
+				$if arm64 || amd64 {
+					size = 8
+					align = 8
+				} $else {
+					size = 4
+					align = 4
+				}
+			} $else {
+				size = 4
+				align = 4
+			}
+		}
 		.i64, .u64, .int_literal, .f64, .float_literal {
 			size = 8
 			align = 8
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
index c375967c603422..20037e70b058ac 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
@@ -1002,12 +1002,14 @@ fn (mut g Gen) base_type(_t ast.Type) string {
 			return 'u64'
 		}
 	}
+	/*
 	// On 64 bit systems int is an i64
 	$if amd64 || arm64 {
 		if g.pref.use_64_int && t == ast.int_type {
 			return 'i64'
 		}
 	}
+	*/
 	share := t.share()
 	mut styp := if share == .atomic_t { t.atomic_typename() } else { g.cc_type(t, true) }
 	if t.has_flag(.shared_f) {
diff --git a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
index 733c6284c471f9..82daad5cddde2d 100644
--- a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
+++ b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ pub mut:
 	wasm_stack_top int = 1024 + (16 * 1024) // stack size for webassembly backend
 	wasm_validate  bool // validate webassembly code, by calling `wasm-validate`
 	// temp
-	use_64_int bool
+	// use_64_int bool
 }
 
 pub struct LineInfo {
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ pub fn parse_args_and_show_errors(known_external_commands []string, args []strin
 				// processed by testing tools in cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
 				continue
 			}
-			'-i64' {
-				res.use_64_int = true
-			}
+			//'-i64' {
+			// res.use_64_int = true
+			//}
 			'-Wimpure-v' {
 				res.warn_impure_v = true
 			}