diff --git a/llvm/cmake/config-ix.cmake b/llvm/cmake/config-ix.cmake
index de8e9bf9a494..0331d0fa10ab 100755
--- a/llvm/cmake/config-ix.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/config-ix.cmake
@@ -530,6 +530,16 @@ else()
   message(STATUS "Doxygen disabled.")
 endif()
 
+if (LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX)
+  message(STATUS "Sphinx enabled.")
+  find_package(Sphinx REQUIRED)
+  if (LLVM_BUILD_DOCS)
+    add_custom_target(sphinx ALL)
+  endif()
+else()
+  message(STATUS "Sphinx disabled.")
+endif()
+
 set(LLVM_BINDINGS "")
 if(WIN32)
   message(STATUS "Go bindings disabled.")
diff --git a/llvm/cmake/modules/AddSphinxTarget.cmake b/llvm/cmake/modules/AddSphinxTarget.cmake
index c3a676d3063d..cfc7f38e9e77 100644
--- a/llvm/cmake/modules/AddSphinxTarget.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/modules/AddSphinxTarget.cmake
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-
-# Create sphinx target
-if (LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX AND NOT TARGET sphinx)
-  message(STATUS "Sphinx enabled.")
-  find_package(Sphinx REQUIRED)
-  if (LLVM_BUILD_DOCS)
-    add_custom_target(sphinx ALL)
-  endif()
-else()
-  message(STATUS "Sphinx disabled.")
-endif()
-
-
 # Handy function for creating the different Sphinx targets.
 #
 # ``builder`` should be one of the supported builders used by
diff --git a/llvm/docs/CMakeLists.txt b/llvm/docs/CMakeLists.txt
index 4437610146c4..6dff219ae37f 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llvm/docs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ endif()
 endif()
 
 if (LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX)
-  include(AddSphinxTarget)
   if (SPHINX_FOUND)
+    include(AddSphinxTarget)
     if (${SPHINX_OUTPUT_HTML})
       add_sphinx_target(html llvm)
     endif()