diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
index 82b30b8d81562..1220c575d1df9 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
@@ -101,20 +101,19 @@ namespace llvm {
 extern cl::opt<bool> PrintPipelinePasses;
 
 cl::opt<bool> ClRemoveTraps("clang-remove-traps", cl::Optional,
-                            cl::desc("Insert remove-traps pass."),
-                            cl::init(false));
+                            cl::desc("Insert remove-traps pass."));
 
 // Experiment to move sanitizers earlier.
 static cl::opt<bool> ClSanitizeOnOptimizerEarlyEP(
     "sanitizer-early-opt-ep", cl::Optional,
-    cl::desc("Insert sanitizers on OptimizerEarlyEP."), cl::init(false));
+    cl::desc("Insert sanitizers on OptimizerEarlyEP."));
 
 extern cl::opt<InstrProfCorrelator::ProfCorrelatorKind> ProfileCorrelate;
 
 // Re-link builtin bitcodes after optimization
 cl::opt<bool> ClRelinkBuiltinBitcodePostop(
     "relink-builtin-bitcode-postop", cl::Optional,
-    cl::desc("Re-link builtin bitcodes after optimization."), cl::init(false));
+    cl::desc("Re-link builtin bitcodes after optimization."));
 } // namespace llvm
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExpr.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExpr.cpp
index e0d5575d57d02..54432353e7420 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExpr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExpr.cpp
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ using namespace CodeGen;
 // Experiment to make sanitizers easier to debug
 static llvm::cl::opt<bool> ClSanitizeDebugDeoptimization(
     "ubsan-unique-traps", llvm::cl::Optional,
-    llvm::cl::desc("Deoptimize traps for UBSAN so there is 1 trap per check"),
-    llvm::cl::init(false));
+    llvm::cl::desc("Deoptimize traps for UBSAN so there is 1 trap per check"));
 
 //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //                        Miscellaneous Helper Methods