diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/test/CMakeLists.txt b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-# Set CLANG_TOOLS_DIR to buildtree/bin, or buildtree/%(build_mode)s/bin if the
-# location is dynamic. The latter must be interpolated by lit configs.
-# FIXME: this is duplicated in many places.
-if (CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR STREQUAL ".")
-  set(LLVM_BUILD_MODE ".")
-else ()
-  set(LLVM_BUILD_MODE "%(build_mode)s")
-endif ()
-string(REPLACE ${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR} ${LLVM_BUILD_MODE} CLANG_TOOLS_DIR ${LLVM_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_INTDIR})
-
 set(CLANGD_TEST_DEPS
   clangd
   ClangdTests
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 config.python_executable = "@Python3_EXECUTABLE@"
 # Support substitution of the tools and libs dirs with user parameters. This is
 # used when we can't determine the tool dir at configuration time.
-config.clang_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@CLANG_TOOLS_DIR@")
+config.clang_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR@")
 config.llvm_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@LLVM_TOOLS_DIR@")
 config.llvm_libs_dir = lit_config.substitute("@LLVM_LIBS_DIR@")
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test/CMakeLists.txt b/clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-# Set CLANG_TOOLS_DIR to buildtree/bin, or buildtree/%(build_mode)s/bin if the
-# location is dynamic. The latter must be interpolated by lit configs.
-# FIXME: this is duplicated in many places.
-if (CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR STREQUAL ".")
-  set(LLVM_BUILD_MODE ".")
-else ()
-  set(LLVM_BUILD_MODE "%(build_mode)s")
-endif ()
-string(REPLACE ${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR} ${LLVM_BUILD_MODE} CLANG_TOOLS_DIR ${LLVM_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_INTDIR})
-
 set(CLANG_PSEUDO_TEST_DEPS
   clang-pseudo
   ClangPseudoTests
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
--- a/clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @LIT_SITE_CFG_IN_HEADER@
 
 # Variables needed for common llvm config.
-config.clang_tools_dir = "@CLANG_TOOLS_DIR@"
+config.clang_tools_dir = "@CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR@"
 config.lit_tools_dir = "@LLVM_LIT_TOOLS_DIR@"
 config.llvm_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@LLVM_TOOLS_DIR@")
 config.llvm_libs_dir = lit_config.substitute("@LLVM_LIBS_DIR@")
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/CMakeLists.txt b/clang-tools-extra/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@
 set(CLANG_TOOLS_SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..")
 set(CLANG_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/..")
 
-if (CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR STREQUAL ".")
-  set(LLVM_BUILD_MODE ".")
-else ()
-  set(LLVM_BUILD_MODE "%(build_mode)s")
-endif ()
-
-string(REPLACE ${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR} ${LLVM_BUILD_MODE} CLANG_TOOLS_DIR ${LLVM_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_INTDIR})
-
 llvm_canonicalize_cmake_booleans(
   CLANG_TIDY_ENABLE_STATIC_ANALYZER
   CLANG_PLUGIN_SUPPORT
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/clang-tools-extra/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 config.llvm_plugin_ext = "@LLVM_PLUGIN_EXT@"
 config.lit_tools_dir = "@LLVM_LIT_TOOLS_DIR@"
 config.clang_tools_binary_dir = "@CLANG_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR@"
-config.clang_tools_dir = "@CLANG_TOOLS_DIR@"
 config.llvm_shlib_dir = "@SHLIBDIR@"
 config.python_executable = "@Python3_EXECUTABLE@"
 config.target_triple = "@LLVM_TARGET_TRIPLE@"
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@
 # used when we can't determine the tool dir at configuration time.
 config.llvm_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@LLVM_TOOLS_DIR@")
 config.llvm_libs_dir = lit_config.substitute("@LLVM_LIBS_DIR@")
-config.clang_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@CLANG_TOOLS_DIR@")
+config.clang_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR@")
 
 import lit.llvm
 lit.llvm.initialize(lit_config, config)
diff --git a/clang/test/CMakeLists.txt b/clang/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 # Test runner infrastructure for Clang. This configures the Clang test trees
 # for use by Lit, and delegates to LLVM's lit test handlers.
 
-if (CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR STREQUAL ".")
-  set(LLVM_BUILD_MODE ".")
-else ()
-  set(LLVM_BUILD_MODE "%(build_mode)s")
-endif ()
-
-string(REPLACE ${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR} ${LLVM_BUILD_MODE} CLANG_TOOLS_DIR ${LLVM_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_INTDIR})
-
 llvm_canonicalize_cmake_booleans(
   CLANG_BUILD_EXAMPLES
   CLANG_DEFAULT_PIE_ON_LINUX
@@ -39,7 +31,7 @@
   "LLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT"
   "CLANG_BINARY_DIR"
   "CLANG_SOURCE_DIR"
-  "CLANG_TOOLS_DIR"
+  "CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR"
   "CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY"
   )
 
diff --git a/clang/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/clang/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
--- a/clang/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/clang/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 config.clang_lit_site_cfg = __file__
 config.clang_obj_root = path(r"@CLANG_BINARY_DIR@")
 config.clang_src_dir = path(r"@CLANG_SOURCE_DIR@")
-config.clang_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute(path(r"@CLANG_TOOLS_DIR@"))
+config.clang_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute(path(r"@CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR@"))
 config.clang_lib_dir = path(r"@CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY@")
 config.host_triple = "@LLVM_HOST_TRIPLE@"
 config.target_triple = "@LLVM_TARGET_TRIPLE@"
diff --git a/clang/utils/perf-training/CMakeLists.txt b/clang/utils/perf-training/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang/utils/perf-training/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang/utils/perf-training/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-if (CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR STREQUAL ".")
-  set(LLVM_BUILD_MODE ".")
-else ()
-  set(LLVM_BUILD_MODE "%(build_mode)s")
-endif ()
-
-string(REPLACE ${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR} ${LLVM_BUILD_MODE} CLANG_TOOLS_DIR ${LLVM_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_INTDIR})
-
 set(CLANG_PGO_TRAINING_DATA "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" CACHE PATH
   "The path to a lit testsuite containing samples for PGO and order file generation"
   )
diff --git a/clang/utils/perf-training/lit.site.cfg.in b/clang/utils/perf-training/lit.site.cfg.in
--- a/clang/utils/perf-training/lit.site.cfg.in
+++ b/clang/utils/perf-training/lit.site.cfg.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-config.clang_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@CLANG_TOOLS_DIR@")
+config.clang_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR@")
 config.perf_helper_dir = "@CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@"
 config.test_exec_root = "@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@"
 config.test_source_root = "@CLANG_PGO_TRAINING_DATA@"
diff --git a/clang/utils/perf-training/order-files.lit.site.cfg.in b/clang/utils/perf-training/order-files.lit.site.cfg.in
--- a/clang/utils/perf-training/order-files.lit.site.cfg.in
+++ b/clang/utils/perf-training/order-files.lit.site.cfg.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-config.clang_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@CLANG_TOOLS_DIR@")
+config.clang_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR@")
 config.perf_helper_dir = "@CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@"
 config.test_exec_root = "@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@"
 config.test_source_root = "@CLANG_PGO_TRAINING_DATA@"
diff --git a/lld/test/CMakeLists.txt b/lld/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lld/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lld/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-if (CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR STREQUAL ".")
-  set(LLVM_BUILD_MODE ".")
-else ()
-  set(LLVM_BUILD_MODE "%(build_mode)s")
-endif ()
-
-string(REPLACE "${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}" "${LLVM_BUILD_MODE}" LLD_LIBS_DIR "${LLVM_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_INTDIR}")
-string(REPLACE "${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}" "${LLVM_BUILD_MODE}" LLD_TOOLS_DIR "${LLVM_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_INTDIR}")
-
 llvm_canonicalize_cmake_booleans(
   LLVM_ENABLE_ZLIB
   LLVM_ENABLE_LIBXML2
diff --git a/lld/test/Unit/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/lld/test/Unit/lit.site.cfg.py.in
--- a/lld/test/Unit/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/lld/test/Unit/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 config.lit_tools_dir = "@LLVM_LIT_TOOLS_DIR@"
 config.lld_obj_root = "@LLD_BINARY_DIR@"
 config.lld_src_root = "@LLD_SOURCE_DIR@"
-config.lld_libs_dir = lit_config.substitute("@LLD_LIBS_DIR@")
-config.lld_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@LLD_TOOLS_DIR@")
+config.lld_libs_dir = lit_config.substitute("@CURRENT_LIBS_DIR@")
+config.lld_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR@")
 config.target_triple = "@LLVM_TARGET_TRIPLE@"
 config.python_executable = "@Python3_EXECUTABLE@"
 
diff --git a/lld/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/lld/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
--- a/lld/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/lld/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 config.lit_tools_dir = "@LLVM_LIT_TOOLS_DIR@"
 config.errc_messages = "@LLVM_LIT_ERRC_MESSAGES@"
 config.lld_obj_root = "@LLD_BINARY_DIR@"
-config.lld_libs_dir = lit_config.substitute("@LLD_LIBS_DIR@")
-config.lld_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@LLD_TOOLS_DIR@")
+config.lld_libs_dir = lit_config.substitute("@CURRENT_LIBS_DIR@")
+config.lld_tools_dir = lit_config.substitute("@CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR@")
 config.target_triple = "@LLVM_TARGET_TRIPLE@"
 config.python_executable = "@Python3_EXECUTABLE@"
 config.have_zlib = @LLVM_ENABLE_ZLIB@
diff --git a/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake b/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
--- a/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
@@ -1630,13 +1630,15 @@
 
   set_llvm_build_mode()
 
-  # The below might not be the build tree but provided binary tree.
+  # For standalone builds of subprojects, these might not be the build tree but
+  # a provided binary tree.
   set(LLVM_SOURCE_DIR ${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR})
   set(LLVM_BINARY_DIR ${LLVM_BINARY_DIR})
   string(REPLACE "${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}" "${LLVM_BUILD_MODE}" LLVM_TOOLS_DIR "${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR}")
   string(REPLACE "${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}" "${LLVM_BUILD_MODE}" LLVM_LIBS_DIR  "${LLVM_LIBRARY_DIR}")
-
-  # SHLIBDIR points the build tree.
+  # Like LLVM_{TOOLS,LIBS}_DIR, but pointing at the build tree.
+  string(REPLACE "${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}" "${LLVM_BUILD_MODE}" CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR "${LLVM_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_INTDIR}")
+  string(REPLACE "${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}" "${LLVM_BUILD_MODE}" CURRENT_LIBS_DIR  "${LLVM_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_INTDIR}")
   string(REPLACE "${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}" "${LLVM_BUILD_MODE}" SHLIBDIR "${LLVM_SHLIB_OUTPUT_INTDIR}")
 
   # FIXME: "ENABLE_SHARED" doesn't make sense, since it is used just for
diff --git a/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang-tools-extra/clangd/test/BUILD.gn b/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang-tools-extra/clangd/test/BUILD.gn
--- a/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang-tools-extra/clangd/test/BUILD.gn
+++ b/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang-tools-extra/clangd/test/BUILD.gn
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR=" +
         rebase_path("//clang-tools-extra/clangd/test"),
 
-    "CLANG_TOOLS_DIR=",
+    "CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR=",
     "CLANGD_ENABLE_REMOTE=0",
     "CLANGD_TIDY_CHECKS=1",
     "LLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=$llvm_current_triple",
diff --git a/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test/BUILD.gn b/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test/BUILD.gn
--- a/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test/BUILD.gn
+++ b/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test/BUILD.gn
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR=" +
         rebase_path("//clang-tools-extra/pseudo/test"),
 
-    "CLANG_TOOLS_DIR=",
+    "CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR=",
     "LLVM_LIT_TOOLS_DIR=",  # Intentionally empty, matches cmake build.
     "LLVM_TOOLS_DIR=" + rebase_path("$root_out_dir/bin"),
     "TARGET_TRIPLE=$llvm_target_triple",
diff --git a/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang-tools-extra/test/BUILD.gn b/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang-tools-extra/test/BUILD.gn
--- a/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang-tools-extra/test/BUILD.gn
+++ b/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang-tools-extra/test/BUILD.gn
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   output = clang_tools_extra_lit_site_cfg_file
 
   extra_values = [
-    "CLANG_TOOLS_DIR=" + rebase_path("$root_out_dir/bin"),
+    "CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR=" + rebase_path("$root_out_dir/bin"),
     "CLANG_PLUGIN_SUPPORT=0",
     "LLVM_HOST_TRIPLE=$llvm_current_triple",
     "LLVM_INSTALL_TOOLCHAIN_ONLY=0",
diff --git a/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang/test/BUILD.gn b/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang/test/BUILD.gn
--- a/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang/test/BUILD.gn
+++ b/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/clang/test/BUILD.gn
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     "CLANG_DEFAULT_CXX_STDLIB=",  # Empty string means "default value" here.
     "CLANG_DEFAULT_PIE_ON_LINUX=0",
     "CLANG_PLUGIN_SUPPORT=0",  # FIXME: Analysis/plugins need global -fPIC
-    "CLANG_TOOLS_DIR=" + rebase_path("$root_out_dir/bin", dir),
+    "CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR=" + rebase_path("$root_out_dir/bin", dir),
     "CLANG_VENDOR_UTI=org.llvm.clang",
 
     # This is only used if LLVM_USE_SANITIZER includes lsan and the host
diff --git a/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/lld/test/BUILD.gn b/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/lld/test/BUILD.gn
--- a/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/lld/test/BUILD.gn
+++ b/llvm/utils/gn/secondary/lld/test/BUILD.gn
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
       "LIT_SITE_CFG_IN_HEADER=## Autogenerated from $input, do not edit",
       "LLD_BINARY_DIR=" +
           rebase_path(get_label_info("//lld", "target_out_dir")),
-      "LLD_LIBS_DIR=",  # FIXME: for shared builds only (?)
-      "LLD_TOOLS_DIR=" + rebase_path("$root_out_dir/bin"),
+      "CURRENT_LIBS_DIR=",  # FIXME: for shared builds only (?)
+      "CURRENT_TOOLS_DIR=" + rebase_path("$root_out_dir/bin"),
       "LLD_SOURCE_DIR=" + rebase_path("//lld"),
       "LLVM_BINARY_DIR=" +
           rebase_path(get_label_info("//llvm", "target_out_dir")),