diff --git a/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
index 1d75f43fa..c88b7b26f 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ cmExportInstallFileGenerator
     if(!properties.empty())
       {
       // Get the rest of the target details.
-      cmGeneratorTarget *gtgt = te->Target->GetMakefile()->GetLocalGenerator()
+      cmGeneratorTarget *gtgt = te->Target->GetMakefile()
                     ->GetGlobalGenerator()->GetGeneratorTarget(te->Target);
       this->SetImportDetailProperties(config, suffix,
                                       gtgt, properties, missingTargets);