diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lldb.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lldb.nix
index 6094592ccfe6..97de8b33707f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lldb.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/lldb.nix
@@ -177,25 +177,25 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
 
     cmakeFlags =
       [
-        "-DLLDB_INCLUDE_TESTS=${if doCheck then "YES" else "NO"}"
-        "-DLLVM_ENABLE_RTTI=OFF"
-        "-DClang_DIR=${lib.getDev libclang}/lib/cmake"
-        "-DLLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT=${lit}/bin/lit"
+        (lib.cmakeBool "LLDB_INCLUDE_TESTS" finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck)
+        (lib.cmakeBool "LLVM_ENABLE_RTTI" false)
+        (lib.cmakeFeature "Clang_DIR" "${lib.getDev libclang}/lib/cmake")
+        (lib.cmakeFeature "LLVM_EXTERNAL_LIT" "${lit}/bin/lit")
       ]
       ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-        "-DLLDB_USE_SYSTEM_DEBUGSERVER=ON"
+        (lib.cmakeBool "LLDB_USE_SYSTEM_DEBUGSERVER" true)
       ]
       ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
-        "-DLLDB_CODESIGN_IDENTITY=" # codesigning makes nondeterministic
+        (lib.cmakeFeature "LLDB_CODESIGN_IDENTITY" "") # codesigning makes nondeterministic
       ]
       ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast release_version "17") [
-        "-DCLANG_RESOURCE_DIR=../../../../${lib.getLib libclang}"
+        (lib.cmakeFeature "CLANG_RESOURCE_DIR" "../../../../${lib.getLib libclang}")
       ]
       ++ lib.optionals enableManpages (
         [
-          "-DLLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX=ON"
-          "-DSPHINX_OUTPUT_MAN=ON"
-          "-DSPHINX_OUTPUT_HTML=OFF"
+          (lib.cmakeBool "LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX" true)
+          (lib.cmakeBool "SPHINX_OUTPUT_MAN" true)
+          (lib.cmakeBool "SPHINX_OUTPUT_HTML" false)
         ]
         ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast release_version "15") [
           # docs reference `automodapi` but it's not added to the extensions list when
@@ -203,12 +203,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
           # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/af6ec9200b09039573d85e349496c4f5b17c3d7f/lldb/docs/conf.py#L54
           #
           # so, we just ignore the resulting errors
-          "-DSPHINX_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=OFF"
+          (lib.cmakeBool "SPHINX_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS" false)
         ]
       )
-      ++ lib.optionals doCheck [
-        "-DLLDB_TEST_C_COMPILER=${stdenv.cc}/bin/${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc"
-        "-DLLDB_TEST_CXX_COMPILER=${stdenv.cc}/bin/${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}c++"
+      ++ lib.optionals finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck [
+        (lib.cmakeFeature "LLDB_TEST_C_COMPILER" "${stdenv.cc}/bin/${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc")
+        (lib.cmakeFeature "-DLLDB_TEST_CXX_COMPILER" "${stdenv.cc}/bin/${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}c++")
       ]
       ++ devExtraCmakeFlags;