diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp
@@ -294,18 +294,16 @@
     std::string TargetCPUName = ppc::getPPCTargetCPU(Args);
     // LLVM may default to generating code for the native CPU,
     // but, like gcc, we default to a more generic option for
-    // each architecture. (except on AIX or Darwin)
+    // each architecture. (except on AIX)
     if (TargetCPUName.empty()) {
       if (T.isOSAIX())
         TargetCPUName = "pwr4";
-      else if (!T.isOSDarwin()) {
-        if (T.getArch() == llvm::Triple::ppc64)
-          TargetCPUName = "ppc64";
-        else if (T.getArch() == llvm::Triple::ppc64le)
-          TargetCPUName = "ppc64le";
-        else
-          TargetCPUName = "ppc";
-      }
+      else if (T.getArch() == llvm::Triple::ppc64)
+        TargetCPUName = "ppc64";
+      else if (T.getArch() == llvm::Triple::ppc64le)
+        TargetCPUName = "ppc64le";
+      else
+        TargetCPUName = "ppc";
     }
     return TargetCPUName;
   }