diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index 58eb442f6278e..f28e263dabcb1 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -4656,7 +4656,7 @@ extern "C" void jl_init_codegen(void)
         .setJITMemoryManager(new JITMemoryManagerWin())
 #endif
         .setTargetOptions(options)
-#ifdef USE_MCJIT
+#if defined(USE_MCJIT) && !defined(LLVM36)
         .setUseMCJIT(true)
 #endif
     ;