diff --git a/llvm/CMakeLists.txt b/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
index 806126457d43..bfa1efc04c05 100644
--- a/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -213,15 +213,6 @@ if( WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN )
   set(LLVM_LIT_TOOLS_DIR "" CACHE PATH "Path to GnuWin32 tools")
 endif()
 
-# On Win32 using MS tools, provide an option to set the number of parallel jobs
-# to use.
-if( MSVC_IDE AND ( MSVC90 OR MSVC10 ) )
-  # Only Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 officially supports /MP.  Visual Studio
-  # 2005 supports it but it is experimental.
-  set(LLVM_COMPILER_JOBS "0" CACHE STRING
-    "Number of parallel compiler jobs. 0 means use all processors. Default is 0.")
-endif()
-
 # Define options to control the inclusion and default build behavior for
 # components which may not strictly be necessary (tools, runtime, examples, and
 # tests).
diff --git a/llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake b/llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
index 3a10a861d67d..b4b2bcd7a77f 100644
--- a/llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ if( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 AND NOT WIN32 )
   endif( LLVM_BUILD_32_BITS )
 endif( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 AND NOT WIN32 )
 
+# On Win32 using MS tools, provide an option to set the number of parallel jobs
+# to use.
 if( MSVC_IDE AND ( MSVC90 OR MSVC10 ) )
   # Only Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 officially supports /MP.
   # Visual Studio 2005 do support it but it's experimental there.