diff --git a/external/llvm-project/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake b/external/llvm-project/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
index 28858db434f9..e8a1b8b948b5 100644
--- a/external/llvm-project/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
+++ b/external/llvm-project/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ function(add_link_opts target_name)
           set_property(TARGET ${target_name} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY
                        LINK_FLAGS " -Wl,-z,discard-unused=sections")
         endif()
-      elseif(NOT MSVC AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "AIX|OS390")
+      elseif(NOT MSVC AND NOT CMAKE_CXX_SIMULATE_ID STREQUAL "MSVC" AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "AIX|OS390")
         # TODO Revisit this later on z/OS.
         set_property(TARGET ${target_name} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY
                      LINK_FLAGS " -Wl,--gc-sections")