diff --git a/sys-devel/clang/clang-4.0.1.ebuild b/sys-devel/clang/clang-4.0.1.ebuild
index 1c7814d237e00..03fb42db1de04 100644
--- a/sys-devel/clang/clang-4.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/clang/clang-4.0.1.ebuild
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 # configparser-3.2 breaks the build (3.3 or none at all are fine)
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	doc? ( dev-python/sphinx )
-	test? ( ~dev-python/lit-${PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	xml? ( virtual/pkgconfig )
 	!!<dev-python/configparser-3.3.0.2
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}"
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 	)
 	use test && mycmakeargs+=(
 		-DLLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR="${WORKDIR}/llvm"
-		-DLIT_COMMAND="${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/lit"
 	)
 
 	if multilib_is_native_abi; then
diff --git a/sys-devel/clang/clang-5.0.9999.ebuild b/sys-devel/clang/clang-5.0.9999.ebuild
index b8bfe4b8916ae..46db8c8117a9c 100644
--- a/sys-devel/clang/clang-5.0.9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/clang/clang-5.0.9999.ebuild
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 # configparser-3.2 breaks the build (3.3 or none at all are fine)
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	doc? ( dev-python/sphinx )
-	test? ( ~dev-python/lit-${PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	xml? ( virtual/pkgconfig )
 	!!<dev-python/configparser-3.3.0.2
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}"
@@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 	)
 	use test && mycmakeargs+=(
 		-DLLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR="${WORKDIR}/llvm"
-		-DLIT_COMMAND="${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/lit"
 	)
 
 	if multilib_is_native_abi; then
diff --git a/sys-devel/clang/clang-9999.ebuild b/sys-devel/clang/clang-9999.ebuild
index 178c15c761343..c521137961998 100644
--- a/sys-devel/clang/clang-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/clang/clang-9999.ebuild
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ RDEPEND="
 # configparser-3.2 breaks the build (3.3 or none at all are fine)
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	doc? ( dev-python/sphinx )
-	test? ( ~dev-python/lit-${PV}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	xml? ( virtual/pkgconfig )
 	!!<dev-python/configparser-3.3.0.2
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}"
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 	)
 	use test && mycmakeargs+=(
 		-DLLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR="${WORKDIR}/llvm"
-		-DLLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT="${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/lit"
 		-DLLVM_LIT_ARGS="-vv"
 	)