diff --git a/package/llvm-project/llvm/llvm.mk b/package/llvm-project/llvm/llvm.mk
index 6598d8b6c1..b0515474d8 100644
--- a/package/llvm-project/llvm/llvm.mk
+++ b/package/llvm-project/llvm/llvm.mk
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ LLVM_DEPENDENCIES = host-llvm
 HOST_LLVM_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=$(HOST_DIR)/lib/cmake/llvm
 LLVM_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=$(HOST_DIR)/lib/cmake/llvm
 
-# Assembly files for x64 in lib/Support/BLAKE3 need to be compiled
-# by a C compiler
-HOST_LLVM_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_ASM_COMPILER="$(CMAKE_HOST_C_COMPILER)"
-
 # Don't build clang libcxx libcxxabi lldb compiler-rt lld polly as llvm subprojects
 # This flag assumes that projects are checked out side-by-side and not nested
 HOST_LLVM_CONF_OPTS += -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS=""