diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 63a1ae5ef..7a1d014da 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -1605,18 +1605,6 @@ void cmTarget::ClearDependencyInformation( cmMakefile& mf,
     }
 }
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void cmTarget::AddLinkLibrary(const std::string& lib,
-                              LinkLibraryType llt)
-{
-  this->AddFramework(lib.c_str(), llt);
-  cmTarget::LibraryID tmp;
-  tmp.first = lib;
-  tmp.second = llt;
-  this->LinkLibraries.push_back(tmp);
-  this->OriginalLinkLibraries.push_back(tmp);
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool cmTarget::NameResolvesToFramework(const std::string& libname)
 {
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.h b/Source/cmTarget.h
index 7f44bb5c8..e8a82a5d9 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.h
@@ -183,9 +183,6 @@ public:
                       const char *target, const char* lib,
                       LinkLibraryType llt);
 
-  void AddLinkLibrary(const std::string& lib,
-                      LinkLibraryType llt);
-
   void MergeLinkLibraries( cmMakefile& mf, const char* selfname,
                            const LinkLibraryVectorType& libs );