diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
index e53f35e39..96f0ee88d 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
@@ -315,3 +315,24 @@ cmGeneratorTarget::GetLinkInformation(const char* config)
     }
   return i->second;
 }
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void cmGeneratorTarget::GetAppleArchs(const char* config,
+                             std::vector<std::string>& archVec)
+{
+  const char* archs = 0;
+  if(config && *config)
+    {
+    std::string defVarName = "OSX_ARCHITECTURES_";
+    defVarName += cmSystemTools::UpperCase(config);
+    archs = this->Target->GetProperty(defVarName.c_str());
+    }
+  if(!archs)
+    {
+    archs = this->Target->GetProperty("OSX_ARCHITECTURES");
+    }
+  if(archs)
+    {
+    cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(std::string(archs), archVec);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
index fefdfb1a5..ad1aa6234 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ public:
 
   cmComputeLinkInformation* GetLinkInformation(const char* config);
 
+  void GetAppleArchs(const char* config,
+                     std::vector<std::string>& archVec);
 private:
   void ClassifySources();
   void LookupObjectLibraries();
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index 5ac9070cf..599acd522 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -1713,7 +1713,10 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::CreateBuildSettings(cmTarget& target,
 
   // Set target-specific architectures.
   std::vector<std::string> archs;
-  target.GetAppleArchs(configName, archs);
+  {
+  cmGeneratorTarget *gtgt = this->GetGeneratorTarget(&target);
+  gtgt->GetAppleArchs(configName, archs);
+  }
   if(!archs.empty())
     {
     // Enable ARCHS attribute.
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 24d9b91d7..62b0f5e85 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -555,9 +555,9 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::GenerateTargetManifest()
 }
 
 void cmLocalGenerator::AddCustomCommandToCreateObject(const char* ofname,
-                                                      const char* lang,
-                                                      cmSourceFile& source,
-                                                      cmTarget& target)
+                                                    const char* lang,
+                                                    cmSourceFile& source,
+                                                    cmGeneratorTarget& target)
 {
   std::string objectDir = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(std::string(ofname));
   objectDir = this->Convert(objectDir.c_str(),START_OUTPUT,SHELL);
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::AddCustomCommandToCreateObject(const char* ofname,
   flags += " ";
     {
     std::vector<std::string> includes;
-    this->GetIncludeDirectories(includes, &target, lang);
+    this->GetIncludeDirectories(includes, target.Target, lang);
     flags += this->GetIncludeFlags(includes, lang);
     }
   flags += this->Makefile->GetDefineFlags();
@@ -636,7 +636,8 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::AddCustomCommandToCreateObject(const char* ofname,
     );
 }
 
-void cmLocalGenerator::AddBuildTargetRule(const char* llang, cmTarget& target)
+void cmLocalGenerator::AddBuildTargetRule(const char* llang,
+                                          cmGeneratorTarget& target)
 {
   cmStdString objs;
   std::vector<std::string> objVector;
@@ -669,8 +670,8 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::AddBuildTargetRule(const char* llang, cmTarget& target)
     }
   std::string createRule = "CMAKE_";
   createRule += llang;
-  createRule += target.GetCreateRuleVariable();
-  std::string targetName = target.GetFullName();
+  createRule += target.Target->GetCreateRuleVariable();
+  std::string targetName = target.Target->GetFullName();
   // Executable :
   // Shared Library:
   // Static Library:
@@ -678,7 +679,7 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::AddBuildTargetRule(const char* llang, cmTarget& target)
   std::string linkLibs; // should be set
   std::string flags; // should be set
   std::string linkFlags; // should be set
-  this->GetTargetFlags(linkLibs, flags, linkFlags, target);
+  this->GetTargetFlags(linkLibs, flags, linkFlags, *target.Target);
   cmLocalGenerator::RuleVariables vars;
   vars.Language = llang;
   vars.Objects = objs.c_str();
@@ -715,7 +716,7 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::AddBuildTargetRule(const char* llang, cmTarget& target)
     // Store this command line.
     commandLines.push_back(commandLine);
     }
-  std::string targetFullPath = target.GetFullPath();
+  std::string targetFullPath = target.Target->GetFullPath();
   // Generate a meaningful comment for the command.
   std::string comment = "Linking ";
   comment += llang;
@@ -729,7 +730,7 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::AddBuildTargetRule(const char* llang, cmTarget& target)
     comment.c_str(),
     this->Makefile->GetStartOutputDirectory()
     );
-  target.AddSourceFile
+  target.Target->AddSourceFile
     (this->Makefile->GetSource(targetFullPath.c_str()));
 }
 
@@ -737,11 +738,11 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::AddBuildTargetRule(const char* llang, cmTarget& target)
 void cmLocalGenerator
 ::CreateCustomTargetsAndCommands(std::set<cmStdString> const& lang)
 {
-  cmTargets &tgts = this->Makefile->GetTargets();
-  for(cmTargets::iterator l = tgts.begin();
+  cmGeneratorTargetsType tgts = this->Makefile->GetGeneratorTargets();
+  for(cmGeneratorTargetsType::iterator l = tgts.begin();
       l != tgts.end(); l++)
     {
-    cmTarget& target = l->second;
+    cmGeneratorTarget& target = *l->second;
     switch(target.GetType())
       {
       case cmTarget::STATIC_LIBRARY:
@@ -749,12 +750,12 @@ void cmLocalGenerator
       case cmTarget::MODULE_LIBRARY:
       case cmTarget::EXECUTABLE:
         {
-        const char* llang = target.GetLinkerLanguage();
+        const char* llang = target.Target->GetLinkerLanguage();
         if(!llang)
           {
           cmSystemTools::Error
             ("CMake can not determine linker language for target:",
-             target.GetName());
+             target.Target->GetName());
           return;
           }
         // if the language is not in the set lang then create custom
@@ -1780,7 +1781,7 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::OutputLinkLibraries(std::ostream& fout,
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void cmLocalGenerator::AddArchitectureFlags(std::string& flags,
-                                            cmTarget* target,
+                                            cmGeneratorTarget* target,
                                             const char *lang,
                                             const char* config)
 {
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
index b3396e3a5..e371e40cc 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 class cmMakefile;
 class cmGlobalGenerator;
+class cmGeneratorTarget;
 class cmTarget;
 class cmTargetManifest;
 class cmSourceFile;
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ public:
   std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*>& GetChildren() { return this->Children; };
 
 
-  void AddArchitectureFlags(std::string& flags, cmTarget* target,
+  void AddArchitectureFlags(std::string& flags, cmGeneratorTarget* target,
                             const char *lang, const char* config);
 
   void AddLanguageFlags(std::string& flags, const char* lang,
@@ -354,12 +355,12 @@ protected:
 
   /** Convert a target to a utility target for unsupported
    *  languages of a generator */
-  void AddBuildTargetRule(const char* llang, cmTarget& target);
+  void AddBuildTargetRule(const char* llang, cmGeneratorTarget& target);
   ///! add a custom command to build a .o file that is part of a target
   void AddCustomCommandToCreateObject(const char* ofname,
                                       const char* lang,
                                       cmSourceFile& source,
-                                      cmTarget& target);
+                                      cmGeneratorTarget& target);
   // Create Custom Targets and commands for unsupported languages
   // The set passed in should contain the languages supported by the
   // generator directly.  Any targets containing files that are not
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
index ab5150a36..d1c5b6261 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ void cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator::WriteExecutableRule(bool relink)
   // Add language feature flags.
   this->AddFeatureFlags(flags, linkLanguage);
 
-  this->LocalGenerator->AddArchitectureFlags(flags, this->Target,
+  this->LocalGenerator->AddArchitectureFlags(flags, this->GeneratorTarget,
                                              linkLanguage, this->ConfigName);
 
   // Add target-specific linker flags.
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx
index 577e5fd07..cc7d9c745 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ void cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator::WriteLibraryRules
   std::string langFlags;
   this->AddFeatureFlags(langFlags, linkLanguage);
 
-  this->LocalGenerator->AddArchitectureFlags(langFlags, this->Target,
+  this->LocalGenerator->AddArchitectureFlags(langFlags, this->GeneratorTarget,
                                              linkLanguage, this->ConfigName);
 
   // remove any language flags that might not work with the
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index c818b7ef1..51ba75dd1 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ std::string cmMakefileTargetGenerator::GetFlags(const std::string &l)
     // Add language feature flags.
     this->AddFeatureFlags(flags, lang);
 
-    this->LocalGenerator->AddArchitectureFlags(flags, this->Target,
+    this->LocalGenerator->AddArchitectureFlags(flags, this->GeneratorTarget,
                                                lang, this->ConfigName);
 
     // Fortran-specific flags computed for this target.
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
index 9dc860ee9..082e9f37e 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ void cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator::WriteLinkStatement()
                                ? vars["FLAGS"]
                                : vars["ARCH_FLAGS"]);
   this->GetLocalGenerator()->AddArchitectureFlags(flags,
-                             this->GetTarget(),
+                             this->GetGeneratorTarget(),
                              this->TargetLinkLanguage,
                              this->GetConfigName());
   if (targetType == cmTarget::EXECUTABLE) {
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
index b301d1bdd..909d98011 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ cmNinjaTargetGenerator::ComputeFlagsForObject(cmSourceFile *source,
   this->AddFeatureFlags(flags, language.c_str());
 
   this->GetLocalGenerator()->AddArchitectureFlags(flags,
-                                                  this->GetTarget(),
+                                                  this->GeneratorTarget,
                                                   language.c_str(),
                                                   this->GetConfigName());
 
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.h b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.h
index cd20694b4..cf06bfdf5 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.h
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ protected:
   cmTarget* GetTarget() const
   { return this->Target; }
 
+  cmGeneratorTarget* GetGeneratorTarget() const
+  { return this->GeneratorTarget; }
+
   cmLocalNinjaGenerator* GetLocalGenerator() const
   { return this->LocalGenerator; }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index cce5cd6fb..c556813ca 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -3908,27 +3908,6 @@ void cmTarget::GetLanguages(std::set<cmStdString>& languages) const
     }
 }
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void cmTarget::GetAppleArchs(const char* config,
-                             std::vector<std::string>& archVec)
-{
-  const char* archs = 0;
-  if(config && *config)
-    {
-    std::string defVarName = "OSX_ARCHITECTURES_";
-    defVarName += cmSystemTools::UpperCase(config);
-    archs = this->GetProperty(defVarName.c_str());
-    }
-  if(!archs)
-    {
-    archs = this->GetProperty("OSX_ARCHITECTURES");
-    }
-  if(archs)
-    {
-    cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(std::string(archs), archVec);
-    }
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool cmTarget::IsChrpathUsed(const char* config)
 {
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.h b/Source/cmTarget.h
index 9493b68cf..f5ef72c2f 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.h
@@ -404,9 +404,6 @@ public:
   // until we have per-target object file properties.
   void GetLanguages(std::set<cmStdString>& languages) const;
 
-  /** Get the list of OS X target architectures to be built.  */
-  void GetAppleArchs(const char* config, std::vector<std::string>& archVec);
-
   /** Return whether this target is an executable with symbol exports
       enabled.  */
   bool IsExecutableWithExports();