diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/sancov/ignorelist.test b/llvm/test/tools/sancov/ignorelist.test
index eccedd2e7c549..01d03aed05b23 100644
--- a/llvm/test/tools/sancov/ignorelist.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/sancov/ignorelist.test
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 REQUIRES: x86-registered-target && host-byteorder-little-endian
 RUN: sancov -covered-functions %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64 %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64.0.sancov | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ALL
 RUN: sancov -covered-functions -ignorelist %p/Inputs/fun_ignorelist.txt %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64 %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64.0.sancov | FileCheck %s
-RUN: sancov -covered-functions -blacklist %p/Inputs/fun_ignorelist.txt %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64 %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64.0.sancov | FileCheck %s
 RUN: sancov -covered-functions -ignorelist %p/Inputs/src_ignorelist.txt %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64 %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64.1.sancov | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK1 %s
-RUN: sancov -covered-functions -blacklist %p/Inputs/src_ignorelist.txt %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64 %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64.1.sancov | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK1 %s
 RUN: sancov -print-coverage-stats %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64 %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64.1.sancov | FileCheck --check-prefix=STATS %s
 RUN: sancov -print-coverage-stats -ignorelist %p/Inputs/fun_ignorelist.txt %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64 %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64.1.sancov | FileCheck --check-prefix=STATS-BLIST %s
-RUN: sancov -print-coverage-stats -blacklist %p/Inputs/fun_ignorelist.txt %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64 %p/Inputs/test-linux_x86_64.1.sancov | FileCheck --check-prefix=STATS-BLIST %s
 
 ALL: test.cpp:12 bar(std::string)
 ALL: test.cpp:14 main
diff --git a/llvm/tools/sancov/sancov.cpp b/llvm/tools/sancov/sancov.cpp
index e7c985c558b5c..9d29e9a13315c 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/sancov/sancov.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/sancov/sancov.cpp
@@ -114,15 +114,6 @@ static cl::opt<std::string>
                  cl::desc("Ignorelist file (sanitizer ignorelist format)"),
                  cl::cat(Cat));
 
-static cl::opt<std::string>
-    ClBlacklist("blacklist", cl::init(""), cl::Hidden,
-                cl::desc("ignorelist file (sanitizer ignorelist format)"),
-                cl::cat(Cat));
-
-static cl::opt<bool> ClUseDefaultBlacklist(
-    "use_default_blacklist", cl::init(true), cl::Hidden,
-    cl::desc("Controls if default ignorelist should be used"), cl::cat(Cat));
-
 static cl::opt<bool> ClUseDefaultIgnorelist(
     "use_default_ignorelist", cl::init(true), cl::Hidden,
     cl::desc("Controls if default ignorelist should be used"), cl::cat(Cat));
@@ -514,7 +505,7 @@ class Ignorelists {
 
 private:
   static std::unique_ptr<SpecialCaseList> createDefaultIgnorelist() {
-    if ((!ClUseDefaultIgnorelist) && (!ClUseDefaultBlacklist))
+    if (!ClUseDefaultIgnorelist)
       return std::unique_ptr<SpecialCaseList>();
     std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> MB =
         MemoryBuffer::getMemBuffer(DefaultIgnorelistStr);
@@ -525,13 +516,8 @@ class Ignorelists {
   }
 
   static std::unique_ptr<SpecialCaseList> createUserIgnorelist() {
-    if ((ClBlacklist.empty()) && ClIgnorelist.empty())
+    if (ClIgnorelist.empty())
       return std::unique_ptr<SpecialCaseList>();
-
-    if (!ClBlacklist.empty())
-      return SpecialCaseList::createOrDie({{ClBlacklist}},
-                                          *vfs::getRealFileSystem());
-
     return SpecialCaseList::createOrDie({{ClIgnorelist}},
                                         *vfs::getRealFileSystem());
   }