diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
index 2fedc265619b1..d6985a3556515 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
@@ -4663,7 +4663,6 @@ void Clang::ConstructJob(Compilation &C, const JobAction &JA,
         if (AuxT.isWindowsMSVCEnvironment()) {
           CmdArgs.push_back("-D_MT");
           CmdArgs.push_back("-D_DLL");
-          CmdArgs.push_back("--dependent-lib=msvcrt");
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/sycl-MD-default.cpp b/clang/test/Driver/sycl-MD-default.cpp
index 944f921c3b8d9..20a6ba710b052 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/sycl-MD-default.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/sycl-MD-default.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // RUN: %clangxx -### -fsycl -c -target x86_64-unknown-windows-msvc %s 2>&1 \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHK-DEFAULT %s
 // CHK-DEFAULT-NOT: "-fsycl-is-device" {{.*}} "-D_MT" "-D_DLL"
-// CHK-DEFAULT: "-fsycl-is-host"{{.*}} "-D_MT" "-D_DLL" "--dependent-lib=msvcrt{{d*}}" {{.*}}
+// CHK-DEFAULT: "-fsycl-is-host"{{.*}} "-D_MT" "-D_DLL"
 
 // RUN: %clang_cl -### -fsycl -c %s 2>&1 \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHK-DEFAULT-CL %s