diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index fb384f3..a55d55e 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pub enum Commands {
 	CheckApiRefs,
 	Orcx {
 		#[arg(trailing_var_arg = true, num_args = 1..)]
-		subcommand: Vec<String>,
+		orcx_argv: Vec<String>,
 	},
 }
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fn main() -> io::Result<ExitCode> {
 	let args = Args::parse();
 	match &args.command {
 		Commands::CheckApiRefs => check_api_refs(&args)?,
-		Commands::Orcx { subcommand } => orcx(&args, subcommand)?,
+		Commands::Orcx { orcx_argv } => orcx(&args, orcx_argv)?,
 	}
 	Ok(if EXIT_OK.load(Ordering::Relaxed) { ExitCode::SUCCESS } else { ExitCode::FAILURE })
 }
diff --git a/xtask/src/orcx.rs b/xtask/src/orcx.rs
index 25e8904..0635b8b 100644
--- a/xtask/src/orcx.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/orcx.rs
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
 use crate::{Args, EXIT_OK};
 
-pub fn orcx(_args: &Args, subcommand: &[String]) -> io::Result<()> {
-	eprintln!("running orcx {}", subcommand.join(" "));
+pub fn orcx(_args: &Args, argv: &[String]) -> io::Result<()> {
 	if !Command::new("cargo").args(["build", "-p", "orchid-std"]).status()?.success() {
 		EXIT_OK.store(false, Ordering::Relaxed);
 		return Ok(());
 	}
 	let status = Command::new("cargo")
-		.args(["run", "-p", "orcx", "--"].into_iter().chain(subcommand.iter().map(|s| s.as_str())))
+		.args("run -p orcx --".split(' ').chain(argv.iter().map(|s| s.as_str())))
 		.status()?;
 	EXIT_OK.store(status.success(), Ordering::Relaxed);
 	Ok(())