diff --git a/src/jbuild.ml b/src/jbuild.ml
index 9b77817e..ca93d057 100644
--- a/src/jbuild.ml
+++ b/src/jbuild.ml
@@ -301,14 +301,12 @@ module Preprocess_map = struct
 end
 
 module Lint = struct
-  type t = Pps of Preprocess.pps
+  type t = Preprocess_map.t
 
-  let t =
-    sum
-      [ cstr "pps" (list Pp_or_flags.t @> nil) (fun l ->
-          let pps, flags = Pp_or_flags.split l in
-          Pps { pps; flags })
-      ]
+  let t = Preprocess_map.t
+
+  let default = Preprocess_map.default
+  let no_lint = default
 end
 
 let field_oslu name =
@@ -442,6 +440,7 @@ module Buildable = struct
     ; libraries                : Lib_dep.t list
     ; preprocess               : Preprocess_map.t
     ; preprocessor_deps        : Dep_conf.t list
+    ; lint                     : Preprocess_map.t
     ; flags                    : Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.t
     ; ocamlc_flags             : Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.t
     ; ocamlopt_flags           : Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.t
@@ -456,8 +455,8 @@ module Buildable = struct
     >>= fun preprocessor_deps ->
     (* CR-someday jdimino: remove this. There are still a few Jane Street packages using
        this *)
-    field_o "lint" (Per_module.t Lint.t)
-    >>= fun _lint ->
+    field "lint" Lint.t ~default:Lint.default
+    >>= fun lint ->
     field "modules" (fun s -> Ordered_set_lang.(map (t s)) ~f:String.capitalize_ascii)
       ~default:Ordered_set_lang.standard
     >>= fun modules ->
@@ -470,6 +469,7 @@ module Buildable = struct
     return
       { preprocess
       ; preprocessor_deps
+      ; lint
       ; modules
       ; libraries
       ; flags
diff --git a/src/jbuild.mli b/src/jbuild.mli
index b905652d..a7e4e7e3 100644
--- a/src/jbuild.mli
+++ b/src/jbuild.mli
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ module Preprocess_map : sig
   val pps : t -> Pp.t list
 end
 
+module Lint : sig
+  type t = Preprocess_map.t
+
+  val no_lint : t
+end
+
+
 module Js_of_ocaml : sig
   type t =
     { flags            : Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.t
@@ -108,6 +115,7 @@ module Buildable : sig
     ; libraries                : Lib_dep.t list
     ; preprocess               : Preprocess_map.t
     ; preprocessor_deps        : Dep_conf.t list
+    ; lint                     : Lint.t
     ; flags                    : Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.t
     ; ocamlc_flags             : Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.t
     ; ocamlopt_flags           : Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.t
diff --git a/src/utop.ml b/src/utop.ml
index 7cc8f6cd..d97156ae 100644
--- a/src/utop.ml
+++ b/src/utop.ml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ let utop_of_libs (libs : Library.t list) =
           (Lib_dep.direct "utop") :: (List.map libs ~f:(fun lib ->
             Lib_dep.direct lib.Library.name))
       ; preprocess = Preprocess_map.no_preprocessing
+      ; lint = Lint.no_lint
       ; preprocessor_deps = []
       ; flags = Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.standard
       ; ocamlc_flags = Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.standard