diff --git a/src/amd/common/ac_llvm_util.c b/src/amd/common/ac_llvm_util.c
index 69d9f7b9f3f..dc9b684e9dd 100644
--- a/src/amd/common/ac_llvm_util.c
+++ b/src/amd/common/ac_llvm_util.c
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ static LLVMTargetMachineRef ac_create_target_machine(enum radeon_family family,
 	LLVMTargetRef target = ac_get_llvm_target(triple);
 
 	snprintf(features, sizeof(features),
-		 "+DumpCode,+vgpr-spilling,-fp32-denormals,+fp64-denormals%s%s%s%s",
+		 "+DumpCode,-fp32-denormals,+fp64-denormals%s%s%s%s%s",
+		 HAVE_LLVM >= 0x0800 ? "" : ",+vgpr-spilling",
 		 tm_options & AC_TM_SISCHED ? ",+si-scheduler" : "",
 		 tm_options & AC_TM_FORCE_ENABLE_XNACK ? ",+xnack" : "",
 		 tm_options & AC_TM_FORCE_DISABLE_XNACK ? ",-xnack" : "",