The removed code just replicated what use_llvm_tool does, plus looked for an installed LLDB on the PATH to use. In a monorepo world, it seems likely that if people want to run the tests that require LLDB, they should enable and build LLDB itself. If users really want to use the installed LLDB executable, they can specify the path to the executable as an environment variable "LLDB".
See the discussion in https://reviews.llvm.org/D95339#2638619 for more details.