diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs
index 5fea9c8747e0f..8e3bf553fd9bb 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ unsafe fn configure_llvm(sess: &Session) {
         if sess.opts.debugging_opts.disable_instrumentation_preinliner {
             add("-disable-preinline");
         }
-        if llvm::LLVMRustIsRustLLVM() {
+        if get_major_version() >= 8 {
             match sess.opts.debugging_opts.merge_functions
                   .unwrap_or(sess.target.target.options.merge_functions) {
                 MergeFunctions::Disabled |