diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 27ed3005bca..f85a1d97e90 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Set up some variables specifically used by lit.
-set(LD_EXECUTABLE ${CMAKE_LINKER})
-
 configure_lit_site_cfg(
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lit.site.cfg.in
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lit.site.cfg
diff --git a/test/lit.site.cfg.in b/test/lit.site.cfg.in
index 7a887b9942f..64ad0c39842 100644
--- a/test/lit.site.cfg.in
+++ b/test/lit.site.cfg.in
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ config.llvm_shlib_dir = "@SHLIBDIR@"
 config.llvm_shlib_ext = "@SHLIBEXT@"
 config.llvm_exe_ext = "@EXEEXT@"
 config.lit_tools_dir = "@LLVM_LIT_TOOLS_DIR@"
-config.ld_executable = "@LD_EXECUTABLE@"
 config.python_executable = "@PYTHON_EXECUTABLE@"
 config.ocamlfind_executable = "@OCAMLFIND@"
 config.have_ocamlopt = "@HAVE_OCAMLOPT@"