diff --git a/clang/CMakeLists.txt b/clang/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/clang/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clang/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -660,8 +660,6 @@
     LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX
     LLVM_BINUTILS_INCDIR
     CLANG_REPOSITORY_STRING
-    CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER
-    CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER
     CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM
     CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES
     CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
diff --git a/llvm/cmake/modules/LLVMExternalProjectUtils.cmake b/llvm/cmake/modules/LLVMExternalProjectUtils.cmake
--- a/llvm/cmake/modules/LLVMExternalProjectUtils.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/modules/LLVMExternalProjectUtils.cmake
@@ -165,6 +165,19 @@
     endforeach()
   endforeach()
 
+  # Populate the non-project-specific passthrough variables
+  foreach(variableName ${LLVM_EXTERNAL_PROJECT_PASSTHROUGH})
+    if(DEFINED ${variableName})
+      if("${${variableName}}" STREQUAL "")
+        set(value "")
+      else()
+        string(REPLACE ";" "|" value "${${variableName}}")
+      endif()
+      list(APPEND PASSTHROUGH_VARIABLES
+        -D${variableName}=${value})
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+
   if(ARG_USE_TOOLCHAIN AND NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     if(CLANG_IN_TOOLCHAIN)
       if(is_msvc_target)
@@ -327,8 +340,6 @@
                -DPACKAGE_VERSION=${PACKAGE_VERSION}
                -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
                -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM}
-               -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER}
-               -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER}
                -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=1
                ${cmake_args}
                ${PASSTHROUGH_VARIABLES}