diff --git a/utils/buildit/build_llvm b/utils/buildit/build_llvm
index a9a11d9e5a6..46d597f7df3 100755
--- a/utils/buildit/build_llvm
+++ b/utils/buildit/build_llvm
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ echo DARWIN_VERS = $DARWIN_VERS
 DEVELOPER_DIR="${DEVELOPER_DIR-Developer}"
 if [ "$ARM_HOSTED_BUILD" = yes ]; then
     DT_HOME="$DEST_DIR/usr"
-    HOST_SDKROOT=$SDKROOT
 else
     DT_HOME="$DEST_DIR/$DEVELOPER_DIR/usr"
 fi
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ if [ "x$MAJ_VER" != "x4" -o "x$MIN_VER" != "x0" ]; then
 fi
 
 make $JOBS_FLAG $OPTIMIZE_OPTS UNIVERSAL=1 UNIVERSAL_ARCH="$HOSTS" \
-    UNIVERSAL_SDK_PATH=$HOST_SDKROOT \
+    UNIVERSAL_SDK_PATH=$SDKROOT \
     NO_RUNTIME_LIBS=1 \
     DISABLE_EDIS=1 \
     LLVM_SUBMIT_VERSION=$LLVM_SUBMIT_VERSION \