diff --git a/arduino/builder/builder.go b/arduino/builder/builder.go
index e8374b66e5a..70ea2ec4a07 100644
--- a/arduino/builder/builder.go
+++ b/arduino/builder/builder.go
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
 
 package builder
 
-import "github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/sketch"
+import (
+	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/sketch"
+	"github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper"
+)
 
 // nolint
 const (
@@ -31,11 +34,15 @@ const (
 // Builder is a Sketch builder.
 type Builder struct {
 	sketch *sketch.Sketch
+
+	// core related
+	coreBuildCachePath *paths.Path
 }
 
 // NewBuilder creates a sketch Builder.
-func NewBuilder(sk *sketch.Sketch) *Builder {
+func NewBuilder(sk *sketch.Sketch, coreBuildCachePath *paths.Path) *Builder {
 	return &Builder{
-		sketch: sk,
+		sketch:             sk,
+		coreBuildCachePath: coreBuildCachePath,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/arduino/builder/core.go b/arduino/builder/core.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e605ac1b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arduino/builder/core.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package builder
+
+import "github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper"
+
+func (b *Builder) CoreBuildCachePath() *paths.Path {
+	return b.coreBuildCachePath
+}
diff --git a/commands/compile/compile.go b/commands/compile/compile.go
index 503dcc24f7c..aa81cbcbf75 100644
--- a/commands/compile/compile.go
+++ b/commands/compile/compile.go
@@ -155,7 +155,21 @@ func Compile(ctx context.Context, req *rpc.CompileRequest, outStream, errStream
 	// cache is purged after compilation to not remove entries that might be required
 	defer maybePurgeBuildCache()
 
-	sketchBuilder := bldr.NewBuilder(sk)
+	var coreBuildCachePath *paths.Path
+	if req.GetBuildCachePath() == "" {
+		coreBuildCachePath = paths.TempDir().Join("arduino", "cores")
+	} else {
+		buildCachePath, err := paths.New(req.GetBuildCachePath()).Abs()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, &arduino.PermissionDeniedError{Message: tr("Cannot create build cache directory"), Cause: err}
+		}
+		if err := buildCachePath.MkdirAll(); err != nil {
+			return nil, &arduino.PermissionDeniedError{Message: tr("Cannot create build cache directory"), Cause: err}
+		}
+		coreBuildCachePath = buildCachePath.Join("core")
+	}
+
+	sketchBuilder := bldr.NewBuilder(sk, coreBuildCachePath)
 
 	// Add build properites related to sketch data
 	buildProperties = sketchBuilder.SetupBuildProperties(buildProperties, buildPath, req.GetOptimizeForDebug())
@@ -206,19 +220,6 @@ func Compile(ctx context.Context, req *rpc.CompileRequest, outStream, errStream
 		builderCtx.WarningsLevel = builder.DEFAULT_WARNINGS_LEVEL
 	}
 
-	if req.GetBuildCachePath() == "" {
-		builderCtx.CoreBuildCachePath = paths.TempDir().Join("arduino", "cores")
-	} else {
-		buildCachePath, err := paths.New(req.GetBuildCachePath()).Abs()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, &arduino.PermissionDeniedError{Message: tr("Cannot create build cache directory"), Cause: err}
-		}
-		if err := buildCachePath.MkdirAll(); err != nil {
-			return nil, &arduino.PermissionDeniedError{Message: tr("Cannot create build cache directory"), Cause: err}
-		}
-		builderCtx.CoreBuildCachePath = buildCachePath.Join("core")
-	}
-
 	builderCtx.BuiltInLibrariesDirs = configuration.IDEBuiltinLibrariesDir(configuration.Settings)
 
 	builderCtx.Stdout = outStream
diff --git a/internal/integrationtest/compile_4/compile_test.go b/internal/integrationtest/compile_4/compile_test.go
index ad9a5b7b9e1..41ae6bd856a 100644
--- a/internal/integrationtest/compile_4/compile_test.go
+++ b/internal/integrationtest/compile_4/compile_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"text/template"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/builder/cpp"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/internal/integrationtest"
@@ -710,3 +711,55 @@ func comparePreprocessGoldenFile(t *testing.T, sketchDir *paths.Path, preprocess
 
 	require.Equal(t, buf.String(), strings.Replace(preprocessedSketch, "\r\n", "\n", -1))
 }
+
+func TestCoreCaching(t *testing.T) {
+	env, cli := integrationtest.CreateArduinoCLIWithEnvironment(t)
+	defer env.CleanUp()
+
+	sketchPath, err := paths.New("..", "testdata", "bare_minimum").Abs()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Install Arduino AVR Boards
+	_, _, err = cli.Run("core", "install", "arduino:avr@1.8.6")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create temporary cache dir
+	buildCachePath, err := paths.MkTempDir("", "test_build_cache")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer buildCachePath.RemoveAll()
+
+	// Build first time
+	_, _, err = cli.Run("compile", "-b", "arduino:avr:uno", "--build-cache-path", buildCachePath.String(), sketchPath.String())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Find cached core and save timestamp
+	pathList, err := buildCachePath.ReadDirRecursiveFiltered(nil, paths.FilterPrefixes("core.a"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, pathList, 1)
+	cachedCoreFile := pathList[0]
+	lastUsedPath := cachedCoreFile.Parent().Join(".last-used")
+	require.True(t, lastUsedPath.Exist())
+	coreStatBefore, err := cachedCoreFile.Stat()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Run build again and check timestamp is unchanged
+	_, _, err = cli.Run("compile", "-b", "arduino:avr:uno", "--build-cache-path", buildCachePath.String(), sketchPath.String())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	coreStatAfterRebuild, err := cachedCoreFile.Stat()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, coreStatBefore.ModTime(), coreStatAfterRebuild.ModTime())
+
+	// Touch a file of the core and check if the builder invalidate the cache
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	now := time.Now().Local()
+	coreFolder := cli.DataDir().Join("packages", "arduino", "hardware", "avr", "1.8.6")
+	err = coreFolder.Join("cores", "arduino", "Arduino.h").Chtimes(now, now)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Run build again, to verify that the builder rebuilds core.a
+	_, _, err = cli.Run("compile", "-b", "arduino:avr:uno", "--build-cache-path", buildCachePath.String(), sketchPath.String())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	coreStatAfterTouch, err := cachedCoreFile.Stat()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotEqual(t, coreStatBefore.ModTime(), coreStatAfterTouch.ModTime())
+}
diff --git a/legacy/builder/builder.go b/legacy/builder/builder.go
index ebc63291889..12a35fccbca 100644
--- a/legacy/builder/builder.go
+++ b/legacy/builder/builder.go
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ func (s *Builder) Run(ctx *types.Context) error {
 		&RecipeByPrefixSuffixRunner{Prefix: "recipe.hooks.core.prebuild", Suffix: ".pattern"},
 
 		types.BareCommand(func(ctx *types.Context) error {
-			objectFiles, archiveFile, coreBuildCachePath, err := phases.CoreBuilder(
-				ctx.BuildPath, ctx.CoreBuildPath, ctx.CoreBuildCachePath,
+			objectFiles, archiveFile, err := phases.CoreBuilder(
+				ctx.BuildPath, ctx.CoreBuildPath, ctx.Builder.CoreBuildCachePath(),
 				ctx.BuildProperties,
 				ctx.ActualPlatform,
 				ctx.Verbose, ctx.OnlyUpdateCompilationDatabase, ctx.Clean,
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ func (s *Builder) Run(ctx *types.Context) error {
 
 			ctx.CoreObjectsFiles = objectFiles
 			ctx.CoreArchiveFilePath = archiveFile
-			ctx.CoreBuildCachePath = coreBuildCachePath
 
 			return err
 		}),
diff --git a/legacy/builder/phases/core_builder.go b/legacy/builder/phases/core_builder.go
index 36a8335d1bf..5c5e0339e41 100644
--- a/legacy/builder/phases/core_builder.go
+++ b/legacy/builder/phases/core_builder.go
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ func CoreBuilder(
 	verboseInfoFn func(msg string),
 	verboseStdoutFn, verboseStderrFn func(data []byte),
 	progress *progress.Struct, progressCB rpc.TaskProgressCB,
-) (paths.PathList, *paths.Path, *paths.Path, error) {
+) (paths.PathList, *paths.Path, error) {
 	if err := coreBuildPath.MkdirAll(); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, coreBuildCachePath, errors.WithStack(err)
+		return nil, nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
 	if coreBuildCachePath != nil {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func CoreBuilder(
 			verboseInfoFn(tr("Running normal build of the core..."))
 			coreBuildCachePath = nil
 		} else if err := coreBuildCachePath.MkdirAll(); err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, coreBuildCachePath, errors.WithStack(err)
+			return nil, nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ func CoreBuilder(
 		progress, progressCB,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, coreBuildCachePath, errors.WithStack(err)
+		return nil, nil, errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
 
-	return objectFiles, archiveFile, coreBuildCachePath, nil
+	return objectFiles, archiveFile, nil
 }
 
 func compileCore(
diff --git a/legacy/builder/test/builder_test.go b/legacy/builder/test/builder_test.go
index 648a96cbbcd..f35102a162a 100644
--- a/legacy/builder/test/builder_test.go
+++ b/legacy/builder/test/builder_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	bldr "github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/builder"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/builder/detector"
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/sketch"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder/constants"
-	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder/phases"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder/types"
 	"github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@ func prepareBuilderTestContext(t *testing.T, ctx *types.Context, sketchPath *pat
 		ctx.Sketch = sk
 	}
 
-	ctx.Builder = bldr.NewBuilder(ctx.Sketch)
+	ctx.Builder = bldr.NewBuilder(ctx.Sketch, nil)
 	if fqbn != "" {
 		ctx.FQBN = parseFQBN(t, fqbn)
 		targetPackage, targetPlatform, targetBoard, buildProperties, buildPlatform, err := pme.ResolveFQBN(ctx.FQBN)
@@ -185,48 +183,3 @@ func TestBuilderWithBuildPathInSketchDir(t *testing.T) {
 	err = command.Run(ctx)
 	NoError(t, err)
 }
-
-func TestBuilderCacheCoreAFile(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := prepareBuilderTestContext(t, nil, paths.New("sketch1", "sketch1.ino"), "arduino:avr:uno")
-	defer cleanUpBuilderTestContext(t, ctx)
-
-	SetupBuildCachePath(t, ctx)
-	defer ctx.CoreBuildCachePath.RemoveAll()
-
-	// Run build
-	bldr := builder.Builder{}
-	err := bldr.Run(ctx)
-	NoError(t, err)
-
-	// Pick timestamp of cached core
-	coreFolder := paths.New("downloaded_hardware", "arduino", "avr")
-	coreFileName := phases.GetCachedCoreArchiveDirName(ctx.FQBN.String(), ctx.BuildProperties.Get("compiler.optimization_flags"), coreFolder)
-	cachedCoreFile := ctx.CoreBuildCachePath.Join(coreFileName, "core.a")
-	coreStatBefore, err := cachedCoreFile.Stat()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	lastUsedFile := ctx.CoreBuildCachePath.Join(coreFileName, ".last-used")
-	_, err = lastUsedFile.Stat()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// Run build again, to verify that the builder skips rebuilding core.a
-	err = bldr.Run(ctx)
-	NoError(t, err)
-
-	coreStatAfterRebuild, err := cachedCoreFile.Stat()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, coreStatBefore.ModTime(), coreStatAfterRebuild.ModTime())
-
-	// Touch a file of the core and check if the builder invalidate the cache
-	time.Sleep(time.Second)
-	now := time.Now().Local()
-	err = coreFolder.Join("cores", "arduino", "Arduino.h").Chtimes(now, now)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	// Run build again, to verify that the builder rebuilds core.a
-	err = bldr.Run(ctx)
-	NoError(t, err)
-
-	coreStatAfterTouch, err := cachedCoreFile.Stat()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.NotEqual(t, coreStatBefore.ModTime(), coreStatAfterTouch.ModTime())
-}
diff --git a/legacy/builder/test/helper.go b/legacy/builder/test/helper.go
index 88432e5fc76..3e3267556ad 100644
--- a/legacy/builder/test/helper.go
+++ b/legacy/builder/test/helper.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/builder/cpp"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/cores"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/arduino/libraries"
-	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder/constants"
 	"github.com/arduino/arduino-cli/legacy/builder/types"
 	paths "github.com/arduino/go-paths-helper"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -70,13 +69,6 @@ func SetupBuildPath(t *testing.T, ctx *types.Context) *paths.Path {
 	return buildPath
 }
 
-func SetupBuildCachePath(t *testing.T, ctx *types.Context) *paths.Path {
-	buildCachePath, err := paths.MkTempDir(constants.EMPTY_STRING, "test_build_cache")
-	NoError(t, err)
-	ctx.CoreBuildCachePath = buildCachePath
-	return buildCachePath
-}
-
 func parseFQBN(t *testing.T, fqbnIn string) *cores.FQBN {
 	fqbn, err := cores.ParseFQBN(fqbnIn)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/legacy/builder/types/context.go b/legacy/builder/types/context.go
index bb29b33499e..14616a15fb8 100644
--- a/legacy/builder/types/context.go
+++ b/legacy/builder/types/context.go
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ type Context struct {
 	BuildPath            *paths.Path
 	SketchBuildPath      *paths.Path
 	CoreBuildPath        *paths.Path
-	CoreBuildCachePath   *paths.Path
 	CoreArchiveFilePath  *paths.Path
 	CoreObjectsFiles     paths.PathList
 	LibrariesBuildPath   *paths.Path