diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/llvm/default.nix
index 6146c51e2d00..279be22f7757 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/common/llvm/default.nix
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
   devExtraCmakeFlags ? [ ],
   getVersionFile,
   fetchpatch,
+  # for tests
+  libllvm,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -206,8 +208,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
       ++ lib.optionals enablePolly [
         # Just like the `gnu-install-dirs` patch, but for `polly`.
         (getVersionFile "llvm/gnu-install-dirs-polly.patch")
-      ]
-      ++ [
         # Just like the `llvm-lit-cfg` patch, but for `polly`.
         (getVersionFile "llvm/polly-lit-cfg-add-libs-to-dylib-path.patch")
       ]
@@ -591,8 +591,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
 
     checkTarget = "check-all";
 
-    # For the update script:
-    passthru.monorepoSrc = monorepoSrc;
+    passthru = {
+      # For the update script:
+      inherit monorepoSrc;
+      tests.withoutOptionalFeatures = libllvm.override {
+        enablePFM = false;
+        enablePolly = false;
+        enableTerminfo = false;
+      };
+    };
 
     requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
     meta = llvm_meta // {