diff --git a/srcpkgs/llvm/template b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
index f9d12ef0128..ecc614c7c9c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/llvm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ hostmakedepends="groff perl python zlib-devel libffi-devel swig"
 makedepends="python-devel zlib-devel libffi-devel libedit-devel libxml2-devel binutils-devel libatomic-devel"
 depends="libllvm6.0"
 
-# XXX mips builds fail with 'Error: branch out of range'
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	mips*) broken="make[2]: *** [lib/Target/ARM/CMakeFiles/LLVMARMCodeGen.dir/build.make:855: lib/Target/ARM/CMakeFiles/LLVMARMCodeGen.dir/ARMInstructionSelector.cpp.o] Error 1" ;;
-esac
-
 subpackages="clang-tools-extra clang clang-analyzer libllvm6.0"
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# XXX fails to cross compile due to python