diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
index 0f74c20ac..95e46b840 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
@@ -536,18 +536,6 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator::SetBuildType(BuildType b,
   std::string root= m_Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_ROOT");
   const char *def= m_Makefile->GetDefinition( "MSPROJECT_TEMPLATE_DIRECTORY");
 
-  std::string exportSymbol;
-  if (const char* custom_export_name = target.GetProperty("DEFINE_SYMBOL"))
-    {
-    exportSymbol = custom_export_name;
-    }
-  else
-    {
-    std::string in = libName;
-    in += "_EXPORTS";
-    exportSymbol = cmSystemTools::MakeCindentifier(in.c_str());
-    }
-
   if( def)
     {
     root = def;
@@ -611,8 +599,6 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator::SetBuildType(BuildType b,
   std::string line;
   while(cmSystemTools::GetLineFromStream(fin, line))
     {
-    cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(line, "OUTPUT_LIBNAME_EXPORTS",
-                                 exportSymbol.c_str());
     cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(line, "OUTPUT_LIBNAME",libName);
     if (reg.find(line))
       {
@@ -996,7 +982,19 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator::WriteDSPHeader(std::ostream& fout, const cha
       staticLibOptions = libflags;
       }
     }
-  
+  std::string exportSymbol;
+  if (const char* custom_export_name = target.GetProperty("DEFINE_SYMBOL"))
+    {
+    exportSymbol = custom_export_name;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+    std::string in = libName;
+    in += "_EXPORTS";
+    exportSymbol = cmSystemTools::MakeCindentifier(in.c_str());
+    }
+
+
   std::string line;
   while(cmSystemTools::GetLineFromStream(fin, line))
     {
@@ -1005,6 +1003,8 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator::WriteDSPHeader(std::ostream& fout, const cha
       {
       mfcFlag = "0";
       }
+    cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(line, "OUTPUT_LIBNAME_EXPORTS",
+                                 exportSymbol.c_str());
     cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(line, "CMAKE_CUSTOM_RULE_CODE",
                                  customRuleCode.c_str());
     cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(line, "CMAKE_MFC_FLAG",
diff --git a/Templates/staticLibHeader.dsptemplate b/Templates/staticLibHeader.dsptemplate
index c710106e0..a84900b15 100644
--- a/Templates/staticLibHeader.dsptemplate
+++ b/Templates/staticLibHeader.dsptemplate
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ RSC=rc.exe
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_LIB"  /FD /c
 # ADD CPP /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D "_LIB"  /FD /c
-# ADD CPP BUILD_INCLUDES EXTRA_DEFINES /D "OUTPUT_LIBNAME_EXPORTS"
+# ADD CPP BUILD_INCLUDES EXTRA_DEFINES 
 # ADD CPP CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
 # ADD CPP CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409 /d "NDEBUG"
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ CMAKE_CUSTOM_RULE_CODE
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_LIB"  /FD /c
 # ADD CPP /nologo /D "_DEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D "_LIB"  /FD /GZ /c
-# ADD CPP BUILD_INCLUDES EXTRA_DEFINES /D "OUTPUT_LIBNAME_EXPORTS"
+# ADD CPP BUILD_INCLUDES EXTRA_DEFINES 
 # ADD CPP CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
 # ADD CPP CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409 /d "_DEBUG"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ CMAKE_CUSTOM_RULE_CODE
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "_ATL_DLL" /FD /c
 # ADD CPP /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /D "_ATL_DLL"  /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_USRDLL" /FD /c
-# ADD CPP BUILD_INCLUDES EXTRA_DEFINES /D "OUTPUT_LIBNAME_EXPORTS"
+# ADD CPP BUILD_INCLUDES EXTRA_DEFINES 
 # ADD CPP CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
 # ADD CPP CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409 /d "NDEBUG"
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ CMAKE_CUSTOM_RULE_CODE
 # PROP Target_Dir ""
 # ADD BASE CPP /nologo /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_LIB"  /FD /c
 # ADD CPP /nologo /D "NDEBUG" /D "WIN32" /D "_LIB"  /FD /c
-# ADD CPP BUILD_INCLUDES EXTRA_DEFINES /D "OUTPUT_LIBNAME_EXPORTS"
+# ADD CPP BUILD_INCLUDES EXTRA_DEFINES 
 # ADD CPP CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
 # ADD CPP CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
 # ADD BASE RSC /l 0x409 /d "NDEBUG"