diff --git a/clang/lib/Tooling/JSONCompilationDatabase.cpp b/clang/lib/Tooling/JSONCompilationDatabase.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Tooling/JSONCompilationDatabase.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Tooling/JSONCompilationDatabase.cpp
@@ -137,11 +137,7 @@
     Syntax = JSONCommandLineSyntax::Gnu;
     llvm::Triple Triple(llvm::sys::getProcessTriple());
     if (Triple.getOS() == llvm::Triple::OSType::Win32) {
-      // Assume Windows command line parsing on Win32 unless the triple
-      // explicitly tells us otherwise.
-      if (!Triple.hasEnvironment() ||
-          Triple.getEnvironment() == llvm::Triple::EnvironmentType::MSVC)
-        Syntax = JSONCommandLineSyntax::Windows;
+      Syntax = JSONCommandLineSyntax::Windows;
     }
   }