diff --git a/test/lit.cfg b/test/lit.cfg
index 2810920db7c..3e4c537f99c 100644
--- a/test/lit.cfg
+++ b/test/lit.cfg
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ import lit.llvm
 lit.llvm.initialize(lit_config, config)
 lit.llvm.llvm_config.with_system_environment("COMPILER_PATH")
 
-if platform.system() == 'Windows':
-    lit_config.note('We do not support Windows, but hey, congratulations on porting to Windows!')
-    raise SystemExit
-
 # Configuration file for the 'lit' test runner.
 
 # name: The name of this test suite.
@@ -219,7 +215,7 @@ def getClangBuiltinIncludeDir(clang):
     dir = cmd.stdout.read().strip()
     if sys.platform in ['win32'] and execute_external:
         # Don't pass dosish path separator to msys bash.exe.
-        dir = dir.replace('\\', '/')
+        dir = dir.replace(b'\\', b'/')
     # Ensure the result is an ascii string, across Python2.5+ - Python3.
     return str(dir.decode('ascii'))