diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 131c6ff4c..9b28bdb77 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -519,8 +519,3 @@ std::string cmLocalGenerator::ConvertToRelativeOutputPath(const char* p)
 }
 
 
-const char* cmLocalGenerator::GetFileLanguage(const char* ext)
-{
-  // fill a map of languages enabled
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
index e4de6d2da..792d8e13c 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ public:
   cmLocalGenerator* GetParent(){return m_Parent;}
   void SetParent(cmLocalGenerator* g) { m_Parent = g;}
 
-  const char* GetFileLanguage(const char*);
 protected:
   virtual void AddInstallRule(std::ostream& fout, const char* dest, int type, 
     const char* files, bool optional = false, const char* properties = 0);
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
index c760e98f7..e5092fe2a 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
@@ -2887,6 +2887,11 @@ OutputBuildObjectFromSource(std::ostream& fout,
     {
     switch(format)
       {
+      // these are all handled by the if(lang) step now
+      case cmSystemTools::C_FILE_FORMAT:
+      case cmSystemTools::CXX_FILE_FORMAT:
+      case cmSystemTools::FORTRAN_FILE_FORMAT:
+        break;
       case cmSystemTools::HEADER_FILE_FORMAT:
         return;
       case cmSystemTools::DEFINITION_FILE_FORMAT: