diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/DocContext.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/DocContext.scala
index daddd1a70d4a..ee1444effc4a 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/DocContext.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/DocContext.scala
@@ -76,13 +76,7 @@ case class DocContext(args: Scaladoc.Args, compilerContext: CompilerContext):
 
   lazy val snippetCompilerArgs = snippets.SnippetCompilerArgs.load(args.snippetCompiler, args.snippetCompilerDebug)(using compilerContext)
 
-  lazy val snippetChecker = snippets.SnippetChecker(
-    args.classpath, 
-    args.bootclasspath, 
-    args.tastyFiles, 
-    compilerContext.settings.scalajs.value(using compilerContext),
-    compilerContext.settings.usejavacp.value(using compilerContext)
-  )
+  lazy val snippetChecker = snippets.SnippetChecker(args)(using compilerContext)
 
   lazy val staticSiteContext = args.docsRoot.map(path => StaticSiteContext(
       File(path).getAbsoluteFile(),
diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/SnippetChecker.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/SnippetChecker.scala
index 3fe12ea6f1b3..506adccbec0e 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/SnippetChecker.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/SnippetChecker.scala
@@ -7,27 +7,28 @@ import java.io.File
 
 import dotty.tools.io.AbstractFile
 import dotty.tools.dotc.fromtasty.TastyFileUtil
+import dotty.tools.dotc.config.Settings._
+import dotty.tools.dotc.config.ScalaSettings
 
-class SnippetChecker(val classpath: String, val bootclasspath: String, val tastyFiles: Seq[File], isScalajs: Boolean, useJavaCp: Boolean):
+class SnippetChecker(val args: Scaladoc.Args)(using cctx: CompilerContext):
+
+// (val classpath: String, val bootclasspath: String, val tastyFiles: Seq[File], isScalajs: Boolean, useJavaCp: Boolean):
   private val sep = System.getProperty("path.separator")
 
   private val fullClasspath = List(
-    tastyFiles
+    args.tastyFiles
       .map(_.getAbsolutePath())
       .map(AbstractFile.getFile(_))
       .flatMap(t => try { TastyFileUtil.getClassPath(t) } catch { case e: AssertionError => Seq() })
       .distinct.mkString(sep),
-    classpath
+    args.classpath
   ).mkString(sep)
 
-  private val scalacOptions = Seq(
-    Option.when(!fullClasspath.isEmpty)("-cp " + fullClasspath),
-    Option.when(!bootclasspath.isEmpty)("-bootclasspath " + bootclasspath),
-    Option.when(isScalajs)("-scalajs"),
-    Option.when(useJavaCp)("-usejavacp")
-  ).flatten.mkString(" ")
+  private val snippetCompilerSettings: Seq[SnippetCompilerSetting[_]] = cctx.settings.userSetSettings(cctx.settingsState).map( s =>
+    SnippetCompilerSetting(s, s.valueIn(cctx.settingsState))
+  ) :+ SnippetCompilerSetting(cctx.settings.classpath, fullClasspath)
 
-  private val compiler: SnippetCompiler = SnippetCompiler(scalacOptions = scalacOptions)
+  private val compiler: SnippetCompiler = SnippetCompiler(snippetCompilerSettings = snippetCompilerSettings)
 
   // These constants were found empirically to make snippet compiler
   // report errors in the same position as main compiler.
diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/SnippetCompiler.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/SnippetCompiler.scala
index 46b202722070..5033e42d4e2d 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/SnippetCompiler.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/SnippetCompiler.scala
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ package dotty.tools.scaladoc
 package snippets
 
 import dotty.tools.io.{AbstractFile, VirtualDirectory}
-import dotty.tools.dotc.interactive.InteractiveDriver
-import dotty.tools.dotc.interactive.Interactive
-import dotty.tools.dotc.interactive.InteractiveCompiler
+import dotty.tools.dotc.Driver
 import dotty.tools.dotc.core.Contexts.Context
+import dotty.tools.dotc.core.Mode
 import dotty.tools.dotc.config.Settings.Setting._
 import dotty.tools.dotc.interfaces.SourcePosition
 import dotty.tools.dotc.ast.Trees.Tree
@@ -21,21 +20,28 @@ import dotty.tools.dotc.interfaces.Diagnostic._
 import scala.util.{ Try, Success, Failure }
 
 class SnippetCompiler(
-  val scalacOptions: String,
+  val snippetCompilerSettings: Seq[SnippetCompilerSetting[_]],
+  val scalacOptions: String = "",
   target: AbstractFile = new VirtualDirectory("(memory)")
 ):
 
-  private def newDriver: InteractiveDriver = {
-    val defaultFlags =
-      List("-color:never", "-unchecked", "-deprecation", "-Ximport-suggestion-timeout", "0")
-    val options = scalacOptions.split("\\s+").toList
-    val settings =
-      options ::: defaultFlags ::: Nil
-
-    new InteractiveDriver(settings)
-  }
-
-  private val driver = newDriver
+  object SnippetDriver extends Driver:
+    val currentCtx =
+      val rootCtx = initCtx.fresh.addMode(Mode.ReadPositions).addMode(Mode.Interactive)
+      rootCtx.setSetting(rootCtx.settings.YretainTrees, true)
+      rootCtx.setSetting(rootCtx.settings.YcookComments, true)
+      rootCtx.setSetting(rootCtx.settings.YreadComments, true)
+      val defaultFlags =
+        List("-color:never", "-unchecked", "-deprecation", "-Ximport-suggestion-timeout", "0")
+      val options = scalacOptions.split("\\s+").toList
+      val settings = options ::: defaultFlags ::: Nil
+      val ctx = setup(settings.toArray, rootCtx) match
+        case Some((_, ctx)) => ctx
+        case None => rootCtx
+      ctx.initialize()(using ctx)
+      snippetCompilerSettings.foldLeft(ctx.fresh) { (ctx, setting) =>
+        ctx.setSetting(setting.setting, setting.value)
+      }
 
   private val scala3Compiler = new Compiler
 
@@ -85,9 +91,9 @@ class SnippetCompiler(
     wrappedSnippet: WrappedSnippet,
     arg: SnippetCompilerArg
   ): SnippetCompilationResult = {
-    val context = driver.currentCtx.fresh
+    val context = SnippetDriver.currentCtx.fresh
       .setSetting(
-        driver.currentCtx.settings.outputDir,
+        SnippetDriver.currentCtx.settings.outputDir,
         target
       )
       .setReporter(new StoreReporter)
diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/SnippetCompilerSetting.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/SnippetCompilerSetting.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c5ef500c83a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/SnippetCompilerSetting.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package dotty.tools.scaladoc
+package snippets
+
+import dotty.tools.scaladoc.DocContext
+import dotty.tools.dotc.config.Settings._
+import dotty.tools.dotc.config.ScalaSettings
+
+case class SnippetCompilerSetting[T](setting: Setting[T], value: T)
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