diff --git a/Source/cmCustomCommand.cxx b/Source/cmCustomCommand.cxx
index c070174ae..b0df42367 100644
--- a/Source/cmCustomCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCustomCommand.cxx
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ cmCustomCommand::cmCustomCommand()
   this->HaveComment = false;
   this->EscapeOldStyle = true;
   this->EscapeAllowMakeVars = false;
-  this->Used = false;
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ cmCustomCommand::cmCustomCommand(const cmCustomCommand& r):
   EscapeAllowMakeVars(r.EscapeAllowMakeVars),
   EscapeOldStyle(r.EscapeOldStyle)
 {
-  this->Used = false;
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ cmCustomCommand::cmCustomCommand(const std::vector<std::string>& outputs,
 {
   this->EscapeOldStyle = true;
   this->EscapeAllowMakeVars = false;
-  this->Used = false;
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Source/cmCustomCommand.h b/Source/cmCustomCommand.h
index f7c6b5eee..17b4c0d63 100644
--- a/Source/cmCustomCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmCustomCommand.h
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ public:
   bool GetEscapeAllowMakeVars() const;
   void SetEscapeAllowMakeVars(bool b);
 
-  /** set get the used status of the command */ 
-  void SetUsed() { this->Used = true;}
-  bool IsUsed() const { return this->Used;}
- 
 private:
   std::vector<std::string> Outputs;
   std::vector<std::string> Depends;
@@ -81,7 +77,6 @@ private:
   std::string WorkingDirectory;
   bool EscapeAllowMakeVars;
   bool EscapeOldStyle;
-  bool Used;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index c4417bb2f..2f2ea4eca 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -648,16 +648,6 @@ void cmTarget::TraceVSDependencies(std::string projFile,
     // finished with this SF move to the next
     srcFilesToProcess.pop();
     }
-  // mark all custom commands in the targets list of source files as used.
-  for(std::vector<cmSourceFile*>::iterator i =  this->SourceFiles.begin();
-      i != this->SourceFiles.end(); ++i)
-    {
-    cmCustomCommand* cc = (*i)->GetCustomCommand();
-    if(cc)
-      {
-      cc->SetUsed();
-      }
-    }
 }
 
 void cmTarget::GenerateSourceFilesFromSourceLists( cmMakefile &mf)