diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index b365353e5..dda4acdfd 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@
 #include "cmCommand.h"
 #include "cmVariableWatch.h"
 
+// only build kdevelop generator on non-windows platforms
+// when not bootstrapping cmake
+#if !defined(_WIN32)
+# if defined(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_CMAKE)
+#   define CMAKE_USE_KDEVELOP
+# endif
+#endif
+
 // include the generator
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #  include "cmGlobalVisualStudio6Generator.h"
@@ -37,7 +45,10 @@
 #else
 #endif
 #include "cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator.h"
-#include "cmGlobalKdevelopGenerator.h"
+
+#ifdef CMAKE_USE_KDEVELOP
+# include "cmGlobalKdevelopGenerator.h"
+#endif
 
 #include <stdlib.h> // required for atoi
 
@@ -1415,7 +1426,7 @@ void cmake::AddDefaultGenerators()
 #endif
   m_Generators[cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator::GetActualName()] =
     &cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator::New;
-#if !defined(_WIN32)
+#ifdef CMAKE_USE_KDEVELOP
   m_Generators[cmGlobalKdevelopGenerator::GetActualName()] =
      &cmGlobalKdevelopGenerator::New;
 #endif
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index ab331d8a4..b5590df9a 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ CMAKE_CXX_SOURCES="\
   cmSystemTools \
   cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator \
   cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator \
-  cmGlobalKdevelopGenerator \
-  cmLocalKdevelopGenerator \
   cmCommands \
   cmTarget \
   cmCustomCommand \