diff --git a/tools/llvm-profdata/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/llvm-profdata/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c64cfa1fa2..3529114371f 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-profdata/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/llvm-profdata/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS core profiledata support )
+set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS profiledata support)
 
 add_llvm_tool(llvm-profdata
   llvm-profdata.cpp
diff --git a/tools/llvm-profdata/Makefile b/tools/llvm-profdata/Makefile
index 4177780d6cf..6f8c16265f3 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-profdata/Makefile
+++ b/tools/llvm-profdata/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 LEVEL := ../..
 TOOLNAME := llvm-profdata
-LINK_COMPONENTS := core profiledata support
+LINK_COMPONENTS := profiledata support
 
 # This tool has no plugins, optimize startup time.
 TOOL_NO_EXPORTS := 1