diff --git a/src/codegen/llvm/bindings.zig b/src/codegen/llvm/bindings.zig
index 2baabe99bf..d45b4aa922 100644
--- a/src/codegen/llvm/bindings.zig
+++ b/src/codegen/llvm/bindings.zig
@@ -335,9 +335,6 @@ extern fn ZigLLVMWriteArchive(
     archive_kind: ArchiveKind,
 ) bool;
 
-pub const ParseCommandLineOptions = ZigLLVMParseCommandLineOptions;
-extern fn ZigLLVMParseCommandLineOptions(argc: usize, argv: [*]const [*:0]const u8) void;
-
 pub const GetHostCPUName = LLVMGetHostCPUName;
 extern fn LLVMGetHostCPUName() ?[*:0]u8;
 
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index f914593bce..3077a5cfdd 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -3446,12 +3446,6 @@ fn buildOutputType(
         src.src_path = try dirs.local_cache.join(arena, &.{sub_path});
     }
 
-    if (build_options.have_llvm and emit_asm_resolved != .no) {
-        // LLVM has no way to set this non-globally.
-        const argv = [_][*:0]const u8{ "zig (LLVM option parsing)", "--x86-asm-syntax=intel" };
-        @import("codegen/llvm/bindings.zig").ParseCommandLineOptions(argv.len, &argv);
-    }
-
     const clang_passthrough_mode = switch (arg_mode) {
         .cc, .cpp, .translate_c => true,
         else => false,
diff --git a/src/zig_llvm.cpp b/src/zig_llvm.cpp
index 198f8ead15..44af58c7a7 100644
--- a/src/zig_llvm.cpp
+++ b/src/zig_llvm.cpp
@@ -468,10 +468,6 @@ bool ZigLLVMGetBrokenDebugInfo(LLVMContextRef context_ref) {
         unwrap(context_ref)->getDiagHandlerPtr())->BrokenDebugInfo;
 }
 
-void ZigLLVMParseCommandLineOptions(size_t argc, const char *const *argv) {
-    cl::ParseCommandLineOptions(argc, argv);
-}
-
 bool ZigLLVMWriteArchive(const char *archive_name, const char **file_names, size_t file_name_count,
     ZigLLVMArchiveKind archive_kind)
 {