diff --git a/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake b/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
index 516e02357c97..e41b3e7f51d5 100755
--- a/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
@@ -157,11 +157,7 @@ endmacro(add_llvm_external_project)
 
 # Returns directory where unittest should reside.
 function(get_unittest_directory dir)
-  if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-   set(result ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
-  else()
-   set(result ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-  endif()
+  set(result ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
   set(${dir} ${result} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
@@ -245,8 +241,8 @@ function(configure_lit_site_cfg input output)
 
   set(LLVM_SOURCE_DIR ${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR})
   set(LLVM_BINARY_DIR ${LLVM_BINARY_DIR})
-  set(LLVM_TOOLS_DIR "${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR}/%(build_config)s")
-  set(LLVM_LIBS_DIR "${LLVM_BINARY_DIR}/lib/%(build_config)s")
+  set(LLVM_TOOLS_DIR "${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR}/%(build_mode)s")
+  set(LLVM_LIBS_DIR "${LLVM_BINARY_DIR}/lib/%(build_mode)s")
   set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
   set(ENABLE_SHARED ${LLVM_SHARED_LIBS_ENABLED})
   set(SHLIBPATH_VAR ${SHLIBPATH_VAR})
@@ -272,8 +268,7 @@ function(add_lit_target target comment)
   set(LIT_COMMAND
     ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
     ${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/utils/lit/lit.py
-    --param build_config=${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}
-    --param build_mode=${RUNTIME_BUILD_MODE}
+    --param build_mode=${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}
     ${LIT_ARGS}
     )
   foreach(param ${ARG_PARAMS})
diff --git a/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake b/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
index 7b0f4641e1e3..4e616cbad6df 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
@@ -11,20 +11,6 @@ elseif( "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang" )
   set(LLVM_COMPILER_IS_GCC_COMPATIBLE ON)
 endif()
 
-# Run-time build mode; It is used for unittests.
-if(MSVC_IDE)
-  # Expect "$(Configuration)", "$(OutDir)", etc.
-  # It is expanded by msbuild or similar.
-  set(RUNTIME_BUILD_MODE "${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}")
-elseif(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "")
-  # Expect "Release" "Debug", etc.
-  # Or unittests could not run.
-  set(RUNTIME_BUILD_MODE ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
-else()
-  # It might be "."
-  set(RUNTIME_BUILD_MODE "${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}")
-endif()
-
 if( LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS )
   # MSVC doesn't like _DEBUG on release builds. See PR 4379.
   if( NOT MSVC )
diff --git a/utils/llvm-lit/llvm-lit.in b/utils/llvm-lit/llvm-lit.in
index 768dc5103c8b..87878d5638c6 100755
--- a/utils/llvm-lit/llvm-lit.in
+++ b/utils/llvm-lit/llvm-lit.in
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(llvm_source_root, 'utils', 'lit'))
 # Set up some builtin parameters, so that by default the LLVM test suite
 # configuration file knows how to find the object tree.
 builtin_parameters = {
-    'build_config' : "@CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR@",
-    'build_mode' : "@RUNTIME_BUILD_MODE@",
+    'build_mode' : "@CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR@",
     'llvm_site_config' : os.path.join(llvm_obj_root, 'test', 'lit.site.cfg')
     }