diff --git a/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake b/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
index 3b0090f421b..ee55c52df6e 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
@@ -513,12 +513,6 @@ macro(add_llvm_example name)
     install(TARGETS ${name} RUNTIME DESTINATION examples)
   endif()
   set_target_properties(${name} PROPERTIES FOLDER "Examples")
-
-  if(NOT TARGET examples)
-    add_custom_target(examples DEPENDS ${name})
-  else()
-    add_dependencies(examples ${name})
-  endif()
 endmacro(add_llvm_example name)