diff --git a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx
index 26ca37526..4840e8987 100644
--- a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ std::string cmCommonTargetGenerator::GetFrameworkFlags(std::string const& l)
 
   std::string flags;
   const char* cfg = this->LocalGenerator->GetConfigName().c_str();
-  if(cmComputeLinkInformation* cli = this->Target->GetLinkInformation(cfg))
+  if(cmComputeLinkInformation* cli =
+     this->GeneratorTarget->GetLinkInformation(cfg))
     {
     std::vector<std::string> const& frameworks = cli->GetFrameworkPaths();
     for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = frameworks.begin();
@@ -384,7 +385,7 @@ cmCommonTargetGenerator::GetLinkedTargetDirectories() const
   std::vector<std::string> dirs;
   std::set<cmTarget const*> emitted;
   if (cmComputeLinkInformation* cli =
-      this->Target->GetLinkInformation(this->ConfigName))
+      this->GeneratorTarget->GetLinkInformation(this->ConfigName))
     {
     cmComputeLinkInformation::ItemVector const& items = cli->GetItems();
     for(cmComputeLinkInformation::ItemVector::const_iterator
diff --git a/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx
index a5050ff07..8a2cf4b95 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ void getCompatibleInterfaceProperties(cmGeneratorTarget *target,
                                       std::set<std::string> &ifaceProperties,
                                       const std::string& config)
 {
-  cmComputeLinkInformation *info = target->Target->GetLinkInformation(config);
+  cmComputeLinkInformation *info = target->GetLinkInformation(config);
 
   if (!info)
     {
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
index 3dbeff223..845c052eb 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@ cmGeneratorTarget::cmGeneratorTarget(cmTarget* t, cmLocalGenerator* lg)
   this->GlobalGenerator = this->Makefile->GetGlobalGenerator();
 }
 
+cmGeneratorTarget::~cmGeneratorTarget()
+{
+  cmDeleteAll(this->LinkInformation);
+  this->LinkInformation.clear();
+}
+
 cmLocalGenerator* cmGeneratorTarget::GetLocalGenerator() const
 {
   return this->LocalGenerator;
@@ -1517,3 +1523,35 @@ bool cmGeneratorTarget::IsLinkInterfaceDependentNumberMaxProperty(
     }
   return this->GetCompatibleInterfaces(config).PropsNumberMax.count(p) > 0;
 }
+
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+cmComputeLinkInformation*
+cmGeneratorTarget::GetLinkInformation(const std::string& config) const
+{
+  // Lookup any existing information for this configuration.
+  std::string key(cmSystemTools::UpperCase(config));
+  cmTargetLinkInformationMap::iterator
+    i = this->LinkInformation.find(key);
+  if(i == this->LinkInformation.end())
+    {
+    // Compute information for this configuration.
+    cmComputeLinkInformation* info =
+      new cmComputeLinkInformation(this->Target, config);
+    if(!info || !info->Compute())
+      {
+      delete info;
+      info = 0;
+      }
+
+    // Store the information for this configuration.
+    cmTargetLinkInformationMap::value_type entry(key, info);
+    i = this->LinkInformation.insert(entry).first;
+
+    if (info)
+      {
+      this->Target->CheckPropertyCompatibility(info, config);
+      }
+    }
+  return i->second;
+}
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
index 3b32bf53f..e53f0984f 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ class cmLocalGenerator;
 class cmMakefile;
 class cmSourceFile;
 class cmTarget;
+class cmComputeLinkInformation;
 
 class cmGeneratorTarget
 {
 public:
   cmGeneratorTarget(cmTarget*, cmLocalGenerator* lg);
+  ~cmGeneratorTarget();
 
   cmLocalGenerator* GetLocalGenerator() const;
 
@@ -36,6 +38,9 @@ public:
       location is suitable for use as the LOCATION target property.  */
   const char* GetLocationForBuild() const;
 
+  cmComputeLinkInformation*
+    GetLinkInformation(const std::string& config) const;
+
   int GetType() const;
   std::string GetName() const;
   const char *GetProperty(const std::string& prop) const;
@@ -213,6 +218,10 @@ private:
   };
   mutable std::map<std::string, CompatibleInterfaces> CompatibleInterfacesMap;
 
+  typedef std::map<std::string, cmComputeLinkInformation*>
+                                                   cmTargetLinkInformationMap;
+  mutable cmTargetLinkInformationMap LinkInformation;
+
   cmGeneratorTarget(cmGeneratorTarget const&);
   void operator=(cmGeneratorTarget const&);
 };
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index 8cb59f83a..b44848caf 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::CreateBuildSettings(cmTarget& target,
       }
     }
   // Add framework search paths needed for linking.
-  if(cmComputeLinkInformation* cli = target.GetLinkInformation(configName))
+  if(cmComputeLinkInformation* cli = gtgt->GetLinkInformation(configName))
     {
     std::vector<std::string> const& fwDirs = cli->GetFrameworkPaths();
     for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator fdi = fwDirs.begin();
@@ -2358,7 +2358,7 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::CreateBuildSettings(cmTarget& target,
                               this->CreateString(install_name_dir.c_str()));
 
   // Create the LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS
-  cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli = target.GetLinkInformation(configName);
+  cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli = gtgt->GetLinkInformation(configName);
   if(pcli)
     {
     std::string search_paths;
@@ -2964,7 +2964,8 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator
       }
 
     // Compute the link library and directory information.
-    cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli = cmtarget->GetLinkInformation(configName);
+    cmGeneratorTarget* gtgt = this->GetGeneratorTarget(cmtarget);
+    cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli = gtgt->GetLinkInformation(configName);
     if(!pcli)
       {
       continue;
diff --git a/Source/cmInstallTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmInstallTargetGenerator.cxx
index 01d4b7738..c64f9a34b 100644
--- a/Source/cmInstallTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmInstallTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
 #include "cmGeneratorTarget.h"
 #include "cmake.h"
+#include "cmGeneratorTarget.h"
 
 #include <assert.h>
 
@@ -557,8 +558,7 @@ cmInstallTargetGenerator
   // Build a map of build-tree install_name to install-tree install_name for
   // shared libraries linked to this target.
   std::map<std::string, std::string> install_name_remap;
-  if(cmComputeLinkInformation* cli =
-     this->Target->Target->GetLinkInformation(config))
+  if(cmComputeLinkInformation* cli = this->Target->GetLinkInformation(config))
     {
     std::set<cmTarget const*> const& sharedLibs
                                             = cli->GetSharedLibrariesLinked();
@@ -667,8 +667,7 @@ cmInstallTargetGenerator
 
   // Get the link information for this target.
   // It can provide the RPATH.
-  cmComputeLinkInformation* cli =
-      this->Target->Target->GetLinkInformation(config);
+  cmComputeLinkInformation* cli = this->Target->GetLinkInformation(config);
   if(!cli)
     {
     return;
@@ -700,8 +699,7 @@ cmInstallTargetGenerator
 
   // Get the link information for this target.
   // It can provide the RPATH.
-  cmComputeLinkInformation* cli =
-      this->Target->Target->GetLinkInformation(config);
+  cmComputeLinkInformation* cli = this->Target->GetLinkInformation(config);
   if(!cli)
     {
     return;
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 6b48a447c..eaf812f52 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::OutputLinkLibraries(std::string& linkLibraries,
   bool escapeAllowMakeVars = !forResponseFile;
   std::ostringstream fout;
   std::string config = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE");
-  cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli = tgt.Target->GetLinkInformation(config);
+  cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli = tgt.GetLinkInformation(config);
   if(!pcli)
     {
     return;
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
index cab5a47b9..61d7847f8 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
@@ -1846,8 +1846,10 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator
                      const std::string extraOptions,
                      std::string& options)
 {
+  cmGeneratorTarget* gt =
+    this->GlobalGenerator->GetGeneratorTarget(&target);
   // Compute the link information for this configuration.
-  cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli = target.GetLinkInformation(configName);
+  cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli = gt->GetLinkInformation(configName);
   if(!pcli)
     {
     return;
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 572dbde59..37e08dd2d 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -1074,6 +1074,9 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::OutputBuildTool(std::ostream& fout,
       this->ConvertToOutputFormat(this->ModuleDefinitionFile, SHELL);
     linkOptions.AddFlag("ModuleDefinitionFile", defFile.c_str());
     }
+  cmGeneratorTarget* gt =
+    this->GlobalGenerator->GetGeneratorTarget(&target);
+
   if (target.GetType() == cmTarget::SHARED_LIBRARY &&
       this->Makefile->IsOn("CMAKE_SUPPORT_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS"))
     {
@@ -1148,7 +1151,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::OutputBuildTool(std::ostream& fout,
                            targetNameImport, targetNamePDB, configName);
 
     // Compute the link library and directory information.
-    cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli = target.GetLinkInformation(configName);
+    cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli = gt->GetLinkInformation(configName);
     if(!pcli)
       {
       return;
@@ -1245,7 +1248,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::OutputBuildTool(std::ostream& fout,
                               targetNameImport, targetNamePDB, configName);
 
     // Compute the link library and directory information.
-    cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli = target.GetLinkInformation(configName);
+    cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli = gt->GetLinkInformation(configName);
     if(!pcli)
       {
       return;
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index 5edc0f576..ac8cd2995 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -1446,7 +1446,8 @@ void cmMakefileTargetGenerator
 
   // Loop over all library dependencies.
   const char* cfg = this->LocalGenerator->GetConfigName().c_str();
-  if(cmComputeLinkInformation* cli = this->Target->GetLinkInformation(cfg))
+  if(cmComputeLinkInformation* cli =
+                              this->GeneratorTarget->GetLinkInformation(cfg))
     {
     std::vector<std::string> const& libDeps = cli->GetDepends();
     depends.insert(depends.end(), libDeps.begin(), libDeps.end());
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
index 4e4dc3f15..cf80424d1 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ cmNinjaDeps cmNinjaTargetGenerator::ComputeLinkDeps() const
     return cmNinjaDeps();
 
   cmComputeLinkInformation* cli =
-    this->Target->GetLinkInformation(this->GetConfigName());
+    this->GeneratorTarget->GetLinkInformation(this->GetConfigName());
   if(!cli)
     return cmNinjaDeps();
 
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 9c7e46afd..d8904eade 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -520,8 +520,6 @@ void cmTarget::ClearLinkMaps()
   this->Internal->LinkInterfaceUsageRequirementsOnlyMap.clear();
   this->Internal->LinkClosureMap.clear();
   this->Internal->SourceFilesMap.clear();
-  cmDeleteAll(this->LinkInformation);
-  this->LinkInformation.clear();
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -6460,37 +6458,6 @@ void cmTarget::CheckPropertyCompatibility(cmComputeLinkInformation *info,
     }
 }
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cmComputeLinkInformation*
-cmTarget::GetLinkInformation(const std::string& config) const
-{
-  // Lookup any existing information for this configuration.
-  std::string key(cmSystemTools::UpperCase(config));
-  cmTargetLinkInformationMap::iterator
-    i = this->LinkInformation.find(key);
-  if(i == this->LinkInformation.end())
-    {
-    // Compute information for this configuration.
-    cmComputeLinkInformation* info =
-      new cmComputeLinkInformation(this, config);
-    if(!info || !info->Compute())
-      {
-      delete info;
-      info = 0;
-      }
-
-    // Store the information for this configuration.
-    cmTargetLinkInformationMap::value_type entry(key, info);
-    i = this->LinkInformation.insert(entry).first;
-
-    if (info)
-      {
-      this->CheckPropertyCompatibility(info, config);
-      }
-    }
-  return i->second;
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 std::string cmTarget::GetFrameworkDirectory(const std::string& config,
                                             bool rootDir) const
@@ -6582,26 +6549,6 @@ std::string cmTarget::GetMacContentDirectory(const std::string& config,
   return fpath;
 }
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cmTargetLinkInformationMap
-::cmTargetLinkInformationMap(cmTargetLinkInformationMap const& r): derived()
-{
-  // Ideally cmTarget instances should never be copied.  However until
-  // we can make a sweep to remove that, this copy constructor avoids
-  // allowing the resources (LinkInformation) from getting copied.  In
-  // the worst case this will lead to extra cmComputeLinkInformation
-  // instances.  We also enforce in debug mode that the map be emptied
-  // when copied.
-  static_cast<void>(r);
-  assert(r.empty());
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cmTargetLinkInformationMap::~cmTargetLinkInformationMap()
-{
-  cmDeleteAll(*this);
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 cmTargetInternalPointer::cmTargetInternalPointer()
 {
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.h b/Source/cmTarget.h
index df8cdc1ba..e3410aa95 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.h
@@ -78,15 +78,6 @@ public:
   bool FromGenex;
 };
 
-struct cmTargetLinkInformationMap:
-  public std::map<std::string, cmComputeLinkInformation*>
-{
-  typedef std::map<std::string, cmComputeLinkInformation*> derived;
-  cmTargetLinkInformationMap() {}
-  cmTargetLinkInformationMap(cmTargetLinkInformationMap const& r);
-  ~cmTargetLinkInformationMap();
-};
-
 class cmTargetInternals;
 class cmTargetInternalPointer
 {
@@ -454,9 +445,6 @@ public:
     * install tree.  For example: "\@rpath/" or "\@loader_path/". */
   std::string GetInstallNameDirForInstallTree() const;
 
-  cmComputeLinkInformation*
-    GetLinkInformation(const std::string& config) const;
-
   // Get the properties
   cmPropertyMap &GetProperties() const { return this->Properties; }
 
@@ -766,7 +754,6 @@ private:
   struct CompileInfo;
   CompileInfo const* GetCompileInfo(const std::string& config) const;
 
-  mutable cmTargetLinkInformationMap LinkInformation;
   void CheckPropertyCompatibility(cmComputeLinkInformation *info,
                                   const std::string& config) const;
 
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index 71785e954..f3f291ad0 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -2438,7 +2438,7 @@ cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::ComputeLinkOptions(std::string const& config)
   cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(libs, libVec);
 
   cmComputeLinkInformation* pcli =
-    this->Target->GetLinkInformation(config.c_str());
+    this->GeneratorTarget->GetLinkInformation(config.c_str());
   if(!pcli)
     {
     cmSystemTools::Error