diff --git a/dev-ml/llvm-ocaml/llvm-ocaml-4.0.1.ebuild b/dev-ml/llvm-ocaml/llvm-ocaml-4.0.1.ebuild
index 6375c108d859c..5eda59e817ee8 100644
--- a/dev-ml/llvm-ocaml/llvm-ocaml-4.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ml/llvm-ocaml/llvm-ocaml-4.0.1.ebuild
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-lang/perl
 	dev-ml/findlib
-	test? ( dev-ml/ounit
-		$(python_gen_any_dep "~dev-python/lit-${PV}[\${PYTHON_USEDEP}]") )
+	test? ( dev-ml/ounit )
 	!!<dev-python/configparser-3.3.0.2
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}"
 
@@ -48,11 +47,6 @@ S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P/_/}.src
 # least intrusive of all
 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 
-python_check_deps() {
-	! use test \
-		|| has_version "dev-python/lit[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-}
-
 pkg_setup() {
 	LLVM_MAX_SLOT=${PV%%.*} llvm_pkg_setup
 	python-any-r1_pkg_setup
@@ -92,10 +86,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		# TODO: ocamldoc
 	)
 
-	use test && mycmakeargs+=(
-		-DLIT_COMMAND="${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/lit"
-	)
-
 	cmake-utils_src_configure
 
 	local llvm_libdir=$(llvm-config --libdir)
diff --git a/dev-ml/llvm-ocaml/llvm-ocaml-5.0.9999.ebuild b/dev-ml/llvm-ocaml/llvm-ocaml-5.0.9999.ebuild
index 0c2ad271f5c3d..b7e7d9839de66 100644
--- a/dev-ml/llvm-ocaml/llvm-ocaml-5.0.9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ml/llvm-ocaml/llvm-ocaml-5.0.9999.ebuild
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-lang/perl
 	dev-ml/findlib
-	test? ( dev-ml/ounit
-		$(python_gen_any_dep "~dev-python/lit-${PV}[\${PYTHON_USEDEP}]") )
+	test? ( dev-ml/ounit )
 	!!<dev-python/configparser-3.3.0.2
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}"
 
@@ -48,11 +47,6 @@ REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}
 # least intrusive of all
 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 
-python_check_deps() {
-	! use test \
-		|| has_version "dev-python/lit[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-}
-
 pkg_setup() {
 	LLVM_MAX_SLOT=${PV%%.*} llvm_pkg_setup
 	python-any-r1_pkg_setup
@@ -92,10 +86,6 @@ src_configure() {
 		# TODO: ocamldoc
 	)
 
-	use test && mycmakeargs+=(
-		-DLIT_COMMAND="${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/lit"
-	)
-
 	# LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=NO does not guarantee this for us, #614844
 	# also: custom rules for OCaml do not work for CPPFLAGS
 	use debug || local -x CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -DNDEBUG"
diff --git a/dev-ml/llvm-ocaml/llvm-ocaml-9999.ebuild b/dev-ml/llvm-ocaml/llvm-ocaml-9999.ebuild
index 7bb17679f8d14..2fa7019d717d7 100644
--- a/dev-ml/llvm-ocaml/llvm-ocaml-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ml/llvm-ocaml/llvm-ocaml-9999.ebuild
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-lang/perl
 	dev-ml/findlib
-	test? ( dev-ml/ounit
-		$(python_gen_any_dep "~dev-python/lit-${PV}[\${PYTHON_USEDEP}]") )
+	test? ( dev-ml/ounit )
 	!!<dev-python/configparser-3.3.0.2
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}"
 
@@ -49,11 +48,6 @@ REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}
 # least intrusive of all
 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 
-python_check_deps() {
-	! use test \
-		|| has_version "dev-python/lit[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
-}
-
 pkg_setup() {
 	llvm_pkg_setup
 	python-any-r1_pkg_setup
@@ -97,7 +91,6 @@ src_configure() {
 	)
 
 	use test && mycmakeargs+=(
-		-DLLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT="${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/lit"
 		-DLLVM_LIT_ARGS="-vv"
 	)