diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
index a42d4b026..ca53dbbdc 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
@@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator::OutputDSWFile()
   std::map<cmStdString, std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*> >::iterator it;
   for(it = m_SubProjectMap.begin(); it!= m_SubProjectMap.end(); ++it)
     {
-    std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*>& gen = it->second;
     this->OutputDSWFile(it->second);
     }
 }
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 42fa6dcc2..07e03376e 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -295,7 +295,6 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::OutputSLNFile()
   std::map<cmStdString, std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*> >::iterator it;
   for(it = m_SubProjectMap.begin(); it!= m_SubProjectMap.end(); ++it)
     {
-    std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*>& gen = it->second;
     this->OutputSLNFile(it->second);
     }
 }