diff --git a/srcpkgs/llvm/depends b/srcpkgs/llvm/depends
index 623f4446e04..e1cbe2240d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/llvm/depends
+++ b/srcpkgs/llvm/depends
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Only accept the same ABI version.
-abi_depends="==2.8"
+abi_depends=">=2.9"
 api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/llvm/template b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
index 3c5a1e7056b..ff69b2a5ebf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/llvm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ http://www.llvm.org/releases/${version}/clang-${version}.tgz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--disable-expensive-checks --disable-debug-runtime
 --enable-targets=all --enable-bindings=none --enable-optimize
---enable-shared --enable-libffi --enable-llvmc-dynamic
-PATH='/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH'"
+--enable-shared --enable-libffi --enable-llvmc-dynamic"
 short_desc="Low Level Virtual Machine"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum="