diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index d53f0e3ec..3d2db422f 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1208,8 +1208,6 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::Configure()
 void cmGlobalGenerator::CreateGenerationObjects(TargetTypes targetTypes)
 {
   this->CreateLocalGenerators();
-  cmDeleteAll(this->GeneratorTargets);
-  this->GeneratorTargets.clear();
   this->CreateGeneratorTargets(targetTypes);
   this->ComputeBuildFileGenerators();
 }
@@ -1597,7 +1595,6 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::CreateGeneratorTargets(
       {
       cmTarget* t = &ti->second;
       cmGeneratorTarget* gt = new cmGeneratorTarget(t, lg);
-      this->GeneratorTargets[t] = gt;
       lg->AddGeneratorTarget(gt);
       }
     }
@@ -1622,9 +1619,9 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::CreateGeneratorTargets(TargetTypes targetTypes)
           j = mf->GetOwnedImportedTargets().begin();
         j != mf->GetOwnedImportedTargets().end(); ++j)
       {
-      cmGeneratorTarget* gt =
-          new cmGeneratorTarget(*j, this->LocalGenerators[i]);
-      this->GeneratorTargets[*j] = gt;
+      cmLocalGenerator* lg = this->LocalGenerators[i];
+      cmGeneratorTarget* gt = new cmGeneratorTarget(*j, lg);
+      lg->AddOwnedImportedGeneratorTarget(gt);
       importedMap[*j] = gt;
       }
     }
@@ -1641,9 +1638,6 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::CreateGeneratorTargets(TargetTypes targetTypes)
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void cmGlobalGenerator::ClearGeneratorMembers()
 {
-  cmDeleteAll(this->GeneratorTargets);
-  this->GeneratorTargets.clear();
-
   cmDeleteAll(this->BuildExportSets);
   this->BuildExportSets.clear();
 
@@ -1661,20 +1655,6 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::ClearGeneratorMembers()
   this->BinaryDirectories.clear();
 }
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cmGeneratorTarget*
-cmGlobalGenerator::GetGeneratorTarget(cmTarget const* t) const
-{
-  cmGeneratorTargetsType::const_iterator ti = this->GeneratorTargets.find(t);
-  if(ti == this->GeneratorTargets.end())
-    {
-    this->CMakeInstance->IssueMessage(
-      cmake::INTERNAL_ERROR, "Missing cmGeneratorTarget instance!");
-    return 0;
-    }
-  return ti->second;
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void cmGlobalGenerator::ComputeTargetObjectDirectory(cmGeneratorTarget*) const
 {
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
index 0057d610c..bc6e17d7f 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ class cmInstallTargetGenerator;
 class cmInstallFilesGenerator;
 class cmExportBuildFileGenerator;
 
-typedef std::map<cmTarget const*,
-                 cmGeneratorTarget*,
-                 cmTarget::StrictTargetComparison> cmGeneratorTargetsType;
-
 /** \class cmGlobalGenerator
  * \brief Responsible for overseeing the generation process for the entire tree
  *
@@ -307,14 +303,6 @@ public:
   TargetDependSet const& GetTargetDirectDepends(
       const cmGeneratorTarget* target);
 
-  /** Get per-target generator information.  */
-  cmGeneratorTarget* GetGeneratorTarget(cmTarget const*) const;
-
-  void AddGeneratorTarget(cmTarget* t, cmGeneratorTarget* gt)
-  {
-    this->GeneratorTargets[t] = gt;
-  }
-
   const std::map<std::string, std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*> >& GetProjectMap()
                                                const {return this->ProjectMap;}
 
@@ -482,8 +470,6 @@ private:
   typedef std::map<cmGeneratorTarget const*, TargetDependSet> TargetDependMap;
   TargetDependMap TargetDependencies;
 
-  // Per-target generator information.
-  cmGeneratorTargetsType GeneratorTargets;
   friend class cmake;
   void CreateGeneratorTargets(TargetTypes targetTypes, cmMakefile* mf,
                    cmLocalGenerator* lg,
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
index f08ab5a37..5e239b8cd 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ bool cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator::AddCheckTarget()
 
   cmGeneratorTarget* gt = new cmGeneratorTarget(tgt, lg);
   lg->AddGeneratorTarget(gt);
-  this->AddGeneratorTarget(tgt, gt);
 
   // Organize in the "predefined targets" folder:
   //
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
index b819daddd..bb0c974af 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::AddExtraIDETargets()
 
       cmGeneratorTarget* gt = new cmGeneratorTarget(allBuild, gen[0]);
       gen[0]->AddGeneratorTarget(gt);
-      this->AddGeneratorTarget(allBuild, gt);
 
 #if 0
       // Can't activate this code because we want ALL_BUILD
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index 6d4fc1f8f..da8c81414 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::AddExtraTargets(cmLocalGenerator* root,
 
   cmGeneratorTarget* allBuildGt = new cmGeneratorTarget(allbuild, root);
   root->AddGeneratorTarget(allBuildGt);
-  root->GetGlobalGenerator()->AddGeneratorTarget(allbuild, allBuildGt);
 
   // Refer to the main build configuration file for easy editing.
   std::string listfile = root->GetCurrentSourceDirectory();
@@ -496,7 +495,6 @@ cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::AddExtraTargets(cmLocalGenerator* root,
 
     cmGeneratorTarget* checkGt = new cmGeneratorTarget(check, root);
     root->AddGeneratorTarget(checkGt);
-    root->GetGlobalGenerator()->AddGeneratorTarget(check, checkGt);
     }
 
   // now make the allbuild depend on all the non-utility targets
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index ec7c29fe2..d92cbeaa4 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ cmLocalGenerator::cmLocalGenerator(cmGlobalGenerator* gg,
 
 cmLocalGenerator::~cmLocalGenerator()
 {
+  cmDeleteAll(this->GeneratorTargets);
+  cmDeleteAll(this->OwnedImportedGeneratorTargets);
 }
 
 void cmLocalGenerator::IssueMessage(cmake::MessageType t,
@@ -460,6 +462,11 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::AddImportedGeneratorTarget(cmGeneratorTarget* gt)
   this->ImportedGeneratorTargets.push_back(gt);
 }
 
+void cmLocalGenerator::AddOwnedImportedGeneratorTarget(cmGeneratorTarget* gt)
+{
+  this->OwnedImportedGeneratorTargets.push_back(gt);
+}
+
 struct NamedGeneratorTargetFinder
 {
   NamedGeneratorTargetFinder(std::string const& name)
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
index 67383d774..e2f551976 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ public:
 
   void AddGeneratorTarget(cmGeneratorTarget* gt);
   void AddImportedGeneratorTarget(cmGeneratorTarget* gt);
+  void AddOwnedImportedGeneratorTarget(cmGeneratorTarget* gt);
 
   cmGeneratorTarget* FindGeneratorTarget(const std::string& name) const;
   cmGeneratorTarget* FindGeneratorTargetToUse(const std::string& name) const;
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ protected:
   std::set<cmGeneratorTarget const*> WarnCMP0063;
   std::vector<cmGeneratorTarget*> GeneratorTargets;
   std::vector<cmGeneratorTarget*> ImportedGeneratorTargets;
+  std::vector<cmGeneratorTarget*> OwnedImportedGeneratorTargets;
   std::map<std::string, std::string> AliasTargets;
 
   bool EmitUniversalBinaryFlags;
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGeneratorInitializer.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoGeneratorInitializer.cxx
index 225c03ee7..b813c1463 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGeneratorInitializer.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGeneratorInitializer.cxx
@@ -896,7 +896,6 @@ void cmQtAutoGeneratorInitializer::InitializeAutogenTarget(
 
     cmGeneratorTarget* gt = new cmGeneratorTarget(autogenTarget, lg);
     lg->AddGeneratorTarget(gt);
-    lg->GetGlobalGenerator()->AddGeneratorTarget(autogenTarget, gt);
 
     // Set target folder
     const char* autogenFolder = makefile->GetState()