diff --git a/config.toml.example b/config.toml.example
index 69eb228a2d5..07d2aefa989 100644
--- a/config.toml.example
+++ b/config.toml.example
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@ changelog-seen = 2
 # or alternatively ...
 #ccache = "/path/to/ccache"
 
-# If an external LLVM root is specified, we automatically check the version by
-# default to make sure it's within the range that we're expecting, but setting
-# this flag will indicate that this version check should not be done.
-#version-check = true
-
 # When true, link libstdc++ statically into the rustc_llvm.
 # This is useful if you don't want to use the dynamic version of that
 # library provided by LLVM.
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/CHANGELOG.md b/src/bootstrap/CHANGELOG.md
index 4105fa5ec96..648eb553c78 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/bootstrap/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - `remote-test-server`'s `verbose` argument has been removed in favor of the `--verbose` flag
 - `remote-test-server`'s `remote` argument has been removed in favor of the `--bind` flag. Use `--bind 0.0.0.0:12345` to replicate the behavior of the `remote` argument.
 - `x.py fmt` now formats only files modified between the merge-base of HEAD and the last commit in the master branch of the rust-lang repository and the current working directory. To restore old behaviour, use `x.py fmt .`. The check mode is not affected by this change. [#105702](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/105702)
+- The `llvm.version-check` config option has been removed. Older versions were never supported. If you still need to support older versions (e.g. you are applying custom patches), patch `check_llvm_version` in bootstrap to change the minimum version. [#108619](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/108619)
 
 ### Non-breaking changes
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/config.rs b/src/bootstrap/config.rs
index 05e74254949..8eef3da1726 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/config.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/config.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub llvm_optimize: bool,
     pub llvm_thin_lto: bool,
     pub llvm_release_debuginfo: bool,
-    pub llvm_version_check: bool,
     pub llvm_static_stdcpp: bool,
     /// `None` if `llvm_from_ci` is true and we haven't yet downloaded llvm.
     #[cfg(not(test))]
@@ -674,7 +673,6 @@ define_config! {
         tests: Option<bool> = "tests",
         plugins: Option<bool> = "plugins",
         ccache: Option<StringOrBool> = "ccache",
-        version_check: Option<bool> = "version-check",
         static_libstdcpp: Option<bool> = "static-libstdcpp",
         ninja: Option<bool> = "ninja",
         targets: Option<String> = "targets",
@@ -806,7 +804,6 @@ impl Config {
         let mut config = Config::default();
         config.llvm_optimize = true;
         config.ninja_in_file = true;
-        config.llvm_version_check = true;
         config.llvm_static_stdcpp = false;
         config.backtrace = true;
         config.rust_optimize = true;
@@ -1174,7 +1171,6 @@ impl Config {
             set(&mut config.llvm_optimize, llvm.optimize);
             set(&mut config.llvm_thin_lto, llvm.thin_lto);
             set(&mut config.llvm_release_debuginfo, llvm.release_debuginfo);
-            set(&mut config.llvm_version_check, llvm.version_check);
             set(&mut config.llvm_static_stdcpp, llvm.static_libstdcpp);
             if let Some(v) = llvm.link_shared {
                 config.llvm_link_shared.set(Some(v));
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/configure.py b/src/bootstrap/configure.py
index 04e798e3949..00f242452a1 100755
--- a/src/bootstrap/configure.py
+++ b/src/bootstrap/configure.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ o("local-rebuild", "build.local-rebuild", "assume local-rust matches the current
 o("llvm-static-stdcpp", "llvm.static-libstdcpp", "statically link to libstdc++ for LLVM")
 o("llvm-link-shared", "llvm.link-shared", "prefer shared linking to LLVM (llvm-config --link-shared)")
 o("rpath", "rust.rpath", "build rpaths into rustc itself")
-o("llvm-version-check", "llvm.version-check", "check if the LLVM version is supported, build anyway")
 o("codegen-tests", "rust.codegen-tests", "run the tests/codegen tests")
 o("option-checking", None, "complain about unrecognized options in this configure script")
 o("ninja", "llvm.ninja", "build LLVM using the Ninja generator (for MSVC, requires building in the correct environment)")
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/native.rs b/src/bootstrap/native.rs
index 21157b02a78..37f6720150e 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/native.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/native.rs
@@ -549,10 +549,6 @@ fn get_built_llvm_lib_path(llvm_config_path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
 }
 
 fn check_llvm_version(builder: &Builder<'_>, llvm_config: &Path) {
-    if !builder.config.llvm_version_check {
-        return;
-    }
-
     if builder.config.dry_run() {
         return;
     }