diff --git a/Source/cmCacheManager.cxx b/Source/cmCacheManager.cxx
index 3ab8904b9..ba4f76f52 100644
--- a/Source/cmCacheManager.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCacheManager.cxx
@@ -256,22 +256,6 @@ bool cmCacheManager::LoadCache(const char* path,
   return true;
 }
 
-void cmCacheManager::DefineCache(cmMakefile *mf)
-{
-  if (!mf)
-    {
-    return;
-    }
-  
-  // add definition to the makefile
-  for( std::map<cmStdString, CacheEntry>::const_iterator i = m_Cache.begin();
-       i != m_Cache.end(); ++i)
-    {
-    const CacheEntry& ce = (*i).second;
-    mf->AddDefinition((*i).first.c_str(), ce.m_Value.c_str());
-    }
-}
-
 bool cmCacheManager::SaveCache(cmMakefile* mf) 
 {
   return this->SaveCache(mf->GetHomeOutputDirectory());
diff --git a/Source/cmCacheManager.h b/Source/cmCacheManager.h
index d557b662e..54a1d105e 100644
--- a/Source/cmCacheManager.h
+++ b/Source/cmCacheManager.h
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ public:
 		 std::set<std::string>& excludes,
 		 std::set<std::string>& includes);
 
-  ///! Put cache definitions into makefile
-  void DefineCache(cmMakefile*); 
-  
   ///! Save cache for given makefile.  Saves to ouput home CMakeCache.txt.
   bool SaveCache(cmMakefile*) ;
   ///! Save cache for given makefile.  Saves to ouput path/CMakeCache.txt
diff --git a/Source/cmLoadCacheCommand.cxx b/Source/cmLoadCacheCommand.cxx
index 2076435f4..9ea56e6ab 100644
--- a/Source/cmLoadCacheCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLoadCacheCommand.cxx
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ bool cmLoadCacheCommand::InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& argsIn)
       }
     }
 
+  // Loop over each build directory listed in the arguments.  Each
+  // directory has a cache file.
   for(i=0; i<args.size(); i++)
     {
     if ((args[i] == "EXCLUDE") || (args[i] == "INCLUDE_INTERNALS"))
@@ -82,7 +84,6 @@ bool cmLoadCacheCommand::InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& argsIn)
     m_Makefile->ExpandVariablesInString(args[i]);
     cmCacheManager::GetInstance()->LoadCache(args[i].c_str(), false,
 					     excludes, includes);
-    cmCacheManager::GetInstance()->DefineCache(m_Makefile);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index 506130a75..deead3e06 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ cmMakefile::cmMakefile()
   this->AddSourceGroup("Header Files", "\\.(h|hh|hpp|hxx|hm|inl)$");
   this->AddDefaultCommands();
   this->AddDefaultDefinitions();
-  cmCacheManager::GetInstance()->DefineCache(this);
 }
 
 unsigned int cmMakefile::GetCacheMajorVersion()
@@ -885,7 +884,7 @@ const char *cmMakefile::ExpandVariablesInString(std::string& source,
                                                 bool atOnly) const
 {
   // This method replaces ${VAR} and @VAR@ where VAR is looked up
-  // in the m_Definitions map, if not found in the map, nothing is expanded.
+  // with GetDefinition(), if not found in the map, nothing is expanded.
   // It also supports the $ENV{VAR} syntax where VAR is looked up in
   // the current environment variables.
 
diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index c65ca8aa3..6c845cb92 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -384,9 +384,6 @@ int cmake::Generate(const std::vector<std::string>& args, bool buildMakefiles)
   // compute system info
   gen->ComputeSystemInfo();
 
-  // Transfer the cache into the makefile's definitions.
-  cmCacheManager::GetInstance()->DefineCache(&mf);
-
   std::string lf = mf.GetStartDirectory();
   lf +=  "/CMakeLists.txt";
   if(!mf.ReadListFile(lf.c_str()))