diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticDriverKinds.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticDriverKinds.td
index 81c1e5849f7c..f378dafb644d 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticDriverKinds.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticDriverKinds.td
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ def err_drv_invalid_libcxx_deployment : Error<
   "invalid deployment target for -stdlib=libc++ (requires %0 or later)">;
 def err_drv_invalid_feature : Error<
   "invalid feature '%0' for CPU '%1'">;
-def err_drv_malformed_sanitizer_blacklist : Error<
-  "malformed sanitizer blacklist: '%0'">;
 
 def err_drv_I_dash_not_supported : Error<
   "'%0' not supported, please use -iquote instead">;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/SanitizerArgs.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/SanitizerArgs.cpp
index 30fb3fa9cee9..e0a66c3de794 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/SanitizerArgs.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/SanitizerArgs.cpp
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@
 #include "clang/Driver/DriverDiagnostic.h"
 #include "clang/Driver/Options.h"
 #include "clang/Driver/ToolChain.h"
-#include "llvm/ADT/OwningPtr.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringSwitch.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/FileSystem.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Path.h"
-#include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/SpecialCaseList.h"
 
 using namespace clang::driver;
 using namespace llvm::opt;
@@ -117,18 +115,10 @@ SanitizerArgs::SanitizerArgs(const Driver &D, const llvm::opt::ArgList &Args) {
                                    options::OPT_fno_sanitize_blacklist)) {
     if (BLArg->getOption().matches(options::OPT_fsanitize_blacklist)) {
       std::string BLPath = BLArg->getValue();
-      if (llvm::sys::fs::exists(BLPath)) {
-        // Validate the blacklist format.
-        std::string BLError;
-        llvm::OwningPtr<llvm::SpecialCaseList> SCL(
-            llvm::SpecialCaseList::create(BLPath, BLError));
-        if (!SCL.get())
-          D.Diag(diag::err_drv_malformed_sanitizer_blacklist) << BLError;
-        else
-          BlacklistFile = BLPath;
-      } else {
+      if (llvm::sys::fs::exists(BLPath))
+        BlacklistFile = BLPath;
+      else
         D.Diag(diag::err_drv_no_such_file) << BLPath;
-      }
     }
   } else {
     // If no -fsanitize-blacklist option is specified, try to look up for
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/fsanitize-blacklist.c b/clang/test/Driver/fsanitize-blacklist.c
index 690bc877952a..5327bc16a340 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/fsanitize-blacklist.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/fsanitize-blacklist.c
@@ -1,26 +1,18 @@
 // General blacklist usage.
-
-// PR12920
-// REQUIRES: clang-driver, shell
-
-// RUN: echo "fun:foo" > %t.good
-// RUN: echo "badline" > %t.bad
-
-// RUN: %clang -fsanitize=address -fsanitize-blacklist=%t.good %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-BLACKLIST
+// RUN: %clang -fsanitize=address -fsanitize-blacklist=%s %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-BLACKLIST
 // CHECK-BLACKLIST: -fsanitize-blacklist
 
 // Ignore -fsanitize-blacklist flag if there is no -fsanitize flag.
-// RUN: %clang -fsanitize-blacklist=%t.good %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-NO-SANITIZE
+// RUN: %clang -fsanitize-blacklist=%s %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-NO-SANITIZE
 // CHECK-NO-SANITIZE-NOT: -fsanitize-blacklist
 
 // Flag -fno-sanitize-blacklist wins if it is specified later.
-// RUN: %clang -fsanitize=address -fsanitize-blacklist=%t.good -fno-sanitize-blacklist %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-NO-BLACKLIST
+// RUN: %clang -fsanitize=address -fsanitize-blacklist=%s -fno-sanitize-blacklist %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-NO-BLACKLIST
 // CHECK-NO-BLACKLIST-NOT: -fsanitize-blacklist
 
 // Driver barks on unexisting blacklist files.
 // RUN: %clang -fno-sanitize-blacklist -fsanitize-blacklist=unexisting.txt %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-NO-SUCH-FILE
 // CHECK-NO-SUCH-FILE: error: no such file or directory: 'unexisting.txt'
 
-// Driver properly reports malformed blacklist files.
-// RUN: %clang -fsanitize=address -fsanitize-blacklist=%t.bad %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-BAD-BLACKLIST
-// CHECK-BAD-BLACKLIST: error: malformed sanitizer blacklist
+// PR12920
+// REQUIRES: clang-driver