diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index 91f24766b..9cc0393a7 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -2661,7 +2661,7 @@ cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteLinkOptions(std::string const& config)
     {
     this->WriteString("<ProjectReference>\n", 2);
     this->WriteString(
-      "  <LinkLibraryDependencies>false</LinkLibraryDependencies>\n", 2);
+      "<LinkLibraryDependencies>false</LinkLibraryDependencies>\n", 3);
     this->WriteString("</ProjectReference>\n", 2);
     }
 }