diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionEvaluator.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionEvaluator.cxx
index d08c3c9ed..ddcc39d68 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionEvaluator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorExpressionEvaluator.cxx
@@ -1044,12 +1044,18 @@ static const struct TargetPropertyNode : public cmGeneratorExpressionNode
     std::string linkedTargetsContent;
 
     std::string interfacePropertyName;
+    bool isInterfaceProperty = false;
 
 #define POPULATE_INTERFACE_PROPERTY_NAME(prop) \
-    if (propertyName == #prop || propertyName == "INTERFACE_" #prop) \
+    if (propertyName == #prop) \
       { \
       interfacePropertyName = "INTERFACE_" #prop; \
       } \
+    else if (propertyName == "INTERFACE_" #prop) \
+      { \
+      interfacePropertyName = "INTERFACE_" #prop; \
+      isInterfaceProperty = true; \
+      } \
     else
 
     CM_FOR_EACH_TRANSITIVE_PROPERTY_NAME(POPULATE_INTERFACE_PROPERTY_NAME)
@@ -1065,17 +1071,10 @@ static const struct TargetPropertyNode : public cmGeneratorExpressionNode
         }
       }
 #undef POPULATE_INTERFACE_PROPERTY_NAME
-
     cmTarget const* headTarget = context->HeadTarget
                                ? context->HeadTarget : target;
 
-    const char * const *transBegin =
-                        cmArrayBegin(targetPropertyTransitiveWhitelist) + 1;
-    const char * const *transEnd =
-                        cmArrayEnd(targetPropertyTransitiveWhitelist);
-
-    if (std::find_if(transBegin, transEnd,
-                     cmStrCmp(propertyName)) != transEnd)
+    if(isInterfaceProperty)
       {
       if(cmTarget::LinkInterfaceLibraries const* iface =
          target->GetLinkInterfaceLibraries(context->Config, headTarget, true))
@@ -1087,18 +1086,17 @@ static const struct TargetPropertyNode : public cmGeneratorExpressionNode
                                   interfacePropertyName);
         }
       }
-    else if (std::find_if(transBegin, transEnd,
-                          cmStrCmp(interfacePropertyName)) != transEnd)
+    else if(!interfacePropertyName.empty())
       {
       const cmTarget::LinkImplementationLibraries *impl
         = target->GetLinkImplementationLibraries(context->Config);
       if(impl)
         {
         linkedTargetsContent =
-                  getLinkedTargetsContent(impl->Libraries, target,
-                                          headTarget,
-                                          context, &dagChecker,
-                                          interfacePropertyName);
+          getLinkedTargetsContent(impl->Libraries, target,
+                                  headTarget,
+                                  context, &dagChecker,
+                                  interfacePropertyName);
         }
       }
 
@@ -1178,32 +1176,27 @@ static const struct TargetPropertyNode : public cmGeneratorExpressionNode
         return propContent ? propContent : "";
         }
       }
-    for (size_t i = 1;
-         i < cmArraySize(targetPropertyTransitiveWhitelist);
-         ++i)
+    if(!interfacePropertyName.empty())
       {
-      if (targetPropertyTransitiveWhitelist[i] == interfacePropertyName)
-        {
-        cmGeneratorExpression ge(&context->Backtrace);
-        cmsys::auto_ptr<cmCompiledGeneratorExpression> cge = ge.Parse(prop);
-        cge->SetEvaluateForBuildsystem(context->EvaluateForBuildsystem);
-        std::string result = cge->Evaluate(context->Makefile,
+      cmGeneratorExpression ge(&context->Backtrace);
+      cmsys::auto_ptr<cmCompiledGeneratorExpression> cge = ge.Parse(prop);
+      cge->SetEvaluateForBuildsystem(context->EvaluateForBuildsystem);
+      std::string result = cge->Evaluate(context->Makefile,
                             context->Config,
                             context->Quiet,
                             headTarget,
                             target,
                             &dagChecker);
 
-        if (cge->GetHadContextSensitiveCondition())
-          {
-          context->HadContextSensitiveCondition = true;
-          }
-        if (!linkedTargetsContent.empty())
-          {
-          result += (result.empty() ? "" : ";") + linkedTargetsContent;
-          }
-        return result;
+      if (cge->GetHadContextSensitiveCondition())
+        {
+        context->HadContextSensitiveCondition = true;
         }
+      if (!linkedTargetsContent.empty())
+        {
+        result += (result.empty() ? "" : ";") + linkedTargetsContent;
+        }
+      return result;
       }
     return prop;
   }