diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ff21850a5aa..b608d1069be 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ if (NOT LLVM_INSTALL_TOOLCHAIN_ONLY)
   add_custom_target(llvm-headers DEPENDS intrinsics_gen)
   set_target_properties(llvm-headers PROPERTIES FOLDER "Misc")
 
-  if (NOT LLVM_ENABLE_IDE)
+  if (NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
     add_llvm_install_targets(install-llvm-headers
                              DEPENDS llvm-headers
                              COMPONENT llvm-headers)
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ endif()
 # This must be at the end of the LLVM root CMakeLists file because it must run
 # after all targets are created.
 if(LLVM_DISTRIBUTION_COMPONENTS)
-  if(LLVM_ENABLE_IDE)
+  if(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "LLVM_DISTRIBUTION_COMPONENTS cannot be specified with multi-configuration generators (i.e. Xcode or Visual Studio)")
   endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake b/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
index 45e744f5e13..97916564cae 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ macro(add_llvm_library name)
               ${install_type} DESTINATION ${install_dir}
               COMPONENT ${name})
 
-      if (NOT LLVM_ENABLE_IDE)
+      if (NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
         add_llvm_install_targets(install-${name}
                                  DEPENDS ${name}
                                  COMPONENT ${name})
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ macro(add_llvm_tool name)
               RUNTIME DESTINATION ${LLVM_TOOLS_INSTALL_DIR}
               COMPONENT ${name})
 
-      if (NOT LLVM_ENABLE_IDE)
+      if (NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
         add_llvm_install_targets(install-${name}
                                  DEPENDS ${name}
                                  COMPONENT ${name})
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ macro(add_llvm_utility name)
     install (TARGETS ${name}
       RUNTIME DESTINATION ${LLVM_UTILS_INSTALL_DIR}
       COMPONENT ${name})
-    if (NOT LLVM_ENABLE_IDE)
+    if (NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
       add_llvm_install_targets(install-${name}
                                DEPENDS ${name}
                                COMPONENT ${name})
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ function(add_lit_testsuite target comment)
 endfunction()
 
 function(add_lit_testsuites project directory)
-  if (NOT LLVM_ENABLE_IDE)
+  if (NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
     cmake_parse_arguments(ARG "" "" "PARAMS;DEPENDS;ARGS" ${ARGN})
 
     # Search recursively for test directories by assuming anything not
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ function(llvm_install_library_symlink name dest type)
           CODE "install_symlink(${full_name} ${full_dest} ${output_dir})"
           COMPONENT ${component})
 
-  if (NOT LLVM_ENABLE_IDE AND NOT ARG_ALWAYS_GENERATE)
+  if (NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES AND NOT ARG_ALWAYS_GENERATE)
     add_llvm_install_targets(install-${name}
                              DEPENDS ${name} ${dest} install-${dest}
                              COMPONENT ${name})
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ function(llvm_install_symlink name dest)
           CODE "install_symlink(${full_name} ${full_dest} ${LLVM_TOOLS_INSTALL_DIR})"
           COMPONENT ${component})
 
-  if (NOT LLVM_ENABLE_IDE AND NOT ARG_ALWAYS_GENERATE)
+  if (NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES AND NOT ARG_ALWAYS_GENERATE)
     add_llvm_install_targets(install-${name}
                              DEPENDS ${name} ${dest} install-${dest}
                              COMPONENT ${name})
diff --git a/cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt
index f5cc0006fa0..6c316a2f04f 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/modules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ if (NOT LLVM_INSTALL_TOOLCHAIN_ONLY)
     PATTERN LLVM-Config.cmake EXCLUDE
     PATTERN GetHostTriple.cmake EXCLUDE)
 
-  if (NOT LLVM_ENABLE_IDE)
+  if (NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
     # Add a dummy target so this can be used with LLVM_DISTRIBUTION_COMPONENTS
     add_custom_target(cmake-exports)
     add_llvm_install_targets(install-cmake-exports
diff --git a/tools/xcode-toolchain/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/xcode-toolchain/CMakeLists.txt
index 6167f5f6bdd..0ae5e374fe9 100644
--- a/tools/xcode-toolchain/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/xcode-toolchain/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ add_llvm_install_targets(install-xcode-toolchain
                          PREFIX ${LLVMToolchainDir}/usr/)
 
 if(LLVM_DISTRIBUTION_COMPONENTS)
-  if(LLVM_ENABLE_IDE)
+  if(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "LLVM_DISTRIBUTION_COMPONENTS cannot be specified with multi-configuration generators (i.e. Xcode or Visual Studio)")
   endif()