diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index 15abd020a..ea091f924 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -814,22 +814,9 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::Generate()
   // For each existing cmLocalGenerator
   unsigned int i;
 
-  // Consolidate global targets
+  // Put a copy of each global target in every directory.
   cmTargets globalTargets;
   this->CreateDefaultGlobalTargets(&globalTargets);
-  for (i = 0; i < this->LocalGenerators.size(); ++i)
-    {
-    cmTargets* targets =
-      &(this->LocalGenerators[i]->GetMakefile()->GetTargets());
-    cmTargets::iterator tarIt;
-    for ( tarIt = targets->begin(); tarIt != targets->end(); ++ tarIt )
-      {
-      if ( tarIt->second.GetType() == cmTarget::GLOBAL_TARGET )
-        {
-        globalTargets[tarIt->first] = tarIt->second;
-        }
-      }
-    }
   for (i = 0; i < this->LocalGenerators.size(); ++i)
     {
     cmMakefile* mf = this->LocalGenerators[i]->GetMakefile();
@@ -1881,8 +1868,7 @@ cmTarget cmGlobalGenerator::CreateGlobalTarget(
   const char* name, const char* message,
   const cmCustomCommandLines* commandLines,
   std::vector<std::string> depends,
-  const char* workingDirectory,
-  bool depends_on_all /* = false */)
+  const char* workingDirectory)
 {
   // Package
   cmTarget target;
@@ -1897,10 +1883,6 @@ cmTarget cmGlobalGenerator::CreateGlobalTarget(
                      workingDirectory);
   target.GetPostBuildCommands().push_back(cc);
   target.SetProperty("EchoString", message);
-  if ( depends_on_all )
-    {
-    target.AddUtility("all");
-    }
   std::vector<std::string>::iterator dit;
   for ( dit = depends.begin(); dit != depends.end(); ++ dit )
     {
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
index 7e4312411..6a1aa53a4 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
@@ -291,8 +291,7 @@ protected:
   void CreateDefaultGlobalTargets(cmTargets* targets);
   cmTarget CreateGlobalTarget(const char* name, const char* message,
     const cmCustomCommandLines* commandLines,
-    std::vector<std::string> depends, const char* workingDir,
-                              bool depends_on_all = false);
+    std::vector<std::string> depends, const char* workingDir);
 
   bool NeedSymbolicMark;
   bool UseLinkScript;