diff --git a/lld/CMakeLists.txt b/lld/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lld/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lld/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
     if(EXISTS ${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/utils/lit/lit.py)
       # Note: path not really used, except for checking if lit was found
-      set(LLVM_LIT ${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/utils/lit/lit.py)
+      set(LLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT ${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/utils/lit/lit.py)
       if(NOT LLVM_UTILS_PROVIDED)
         add_subdirectory(${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/utils/FileCheck utils/FileCheck)
         add_subdirectory(${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/utils/not utils/not)
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@
       endif()
     else()
       # Seek installed Lit.
-      find_program(LLVM_LIT
+      find_program(LLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT
                    NAMES llvm-lit lit.py lit
                    PATHS "${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/utils/lit"
                    DOC "Path to lit.py")
     endif()
 
-    if(LLVM_LIT)
+    if(LLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT)
       # Define the default arguments to use with 'lit', and an option for the user
       # to override.
       set(LIT_ARGS_DEFAULT "-sv")