diff --git a/utils/prepare-builtins/prepare-builtins.cpp b/utils/prepare-builtins/prepare-builtins.cpp
index e693e6d2e4e9..f3b941cce4e7 100644
--- a/utils/prepare-builtins/prepare-builtins.cpp
+++ b/utils/prepare-builtins/prepare-builtins.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     }
   }
 
+  // Strip the OpenCL version metadata. There are a lot of linked
+  // modules in the library build, each spamming the same
+  // version. This may also report a different version than the user
+  // program is using. This should probably be uniqued when linking.
+  if (NamedMDNode *OCLVersion = M->getNamedMetadata("opencl.ocl.version"))
+      M->eraseNamedMetadata(OCLVersion);
+
+
   if (OutputFilename.empty()) {
     errs() << "no output file\n";
     return 1;