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 * -DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=On --- Compile with assertion checks enabled (default is Yes for Debug builds, No for all other build types).
 
-## Building hpvm runtime
-HPVM also includes a runtime library which comprises of low-level, target-specific wrappers required by HPVM's code generation.
-```shell
-cd projects/visc-rt
-make
-cd ..
-```
 To use hpvm to compile benchmarks set environment variable `LLVM_SRC_ROOT` to llvm directory in your local repository
 ```shell
 export LLVM_SRC_ROOT=<full path to hpvm>/llvm