diff --git a/Modules/CheckIncludeFileCXX.cmake b/Modules/CheckIncludeFileCXX.cmake
index 7295f66a6..f8ce1302d 100644
--- a/Modules/CheckIncludeFileCXX.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CheckIncludeFileCXX.cmake
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ MACRO(CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE_CXX INCLUDE VARIABLE)
   TRY_COMPILE(${VARIABLE}
              ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}
              ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeTmp/CheckIncludeFile.cxx
+             CMAKE_FLAGS -DCOMPILE_DEFINITIONS:STRING=${CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS}
              OUTPUT_VARIABLE OUTPUT)
   IF(${VARIABLE})
     SET(${VARIABLE} 1 CACHE INTERNAL "Have include ${INCLUDE}")
diff --git a/Modules/TestForANSIForScope.cmake b/Modules/TestForANSIForScope.cmake
index 3265f007d..58d78eeae 100644
--- a/Modules/TestForANSIForScope.cmake
+++ b/Modules/TestForANSIForScope.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 IF(NOT CMAKE_ANSI_FOR_SCOPE)
   MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for ANSI scope")
   TRY_COMPILE(CMAKE_ANSI_FOR_SCOPE  ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} 
-    ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/TestForAnsiForScope.cxx)
+    ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/TestForAnsiForScope.cxx
+    CMAKE_FLAGS -DCOMPILE_DEFINITIONS:STRING=${CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS})
   IF (CMAKE_ANSI_FOR_SCOPE)
     MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for ANSI scope - found")
     SET (CMAKE_NO_ANSI_FOR_SCOPE 0 CACHE INTERNAL 
diff --git a/Modules/TestForANSIStreamHeaders.cmake b/Modules/TestForANSIStreamHeaders.cmake
index 7ea10711c..74fe8316f 100644
--- a/Modules/TestForANSIStreamHeaders.cmake
+++ b/Modules/TestForANSIStreamHeaders.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 IF(NOT CMAKE_NO_ANSI_STREAM_HEADERS)
   MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for ANSI stream headers")
   TRY_COMPILE(CMAKE_ANSI_STREAM_HEADERS  ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} 
-    ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/TestForANSIStreamHeaders.cxx)
+    ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/TestForANSIStreamHeaders.cxx 
+    CMAKE_FLAGS -DCOMPILE_DEFINITIONS:STRING=${CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS})
   IF (CMAKE_ANSI_STREAM_HEADERS)
     MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for ANSI stream headers - found")
     SET (CMAKE_NO_ANSI_STREAM_HEADERS 0 CACHE INTERNAL 
diff --git a/Modules/TestForSTDNamespace.cmake b/Modules/TestForSTDNamespace.cmake
index 9f145589b..3fd018bbe 100644
--- a/Modules/TestForSTDNamespace.cmake
+++ b/Modules/TestForSTDNamespace.cmake
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 IF(NOT CMAKE_STD_NAMESPACE)
   MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for STD namespace")
   TRY_COMPILE(CMAKE_STD_NAMESPACE  ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} 
+    CMAKE_FLAGS -DCOMPILE_DEFINITIONS:STRING=${CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS}
     ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/TestForSTDNamespace.cxx)
   IF (CMAKE_STD_NAMESPACE)
     MESSAGE(STATUS "Check for STD namespace - found")
diff --git a/Source/cmTryCompileCommand.cxx b/Source/cmTryCompileCommand.cxx
index b18718252..a2c2af8a0 100644
--- a/Source/cmTryCompileCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTryCompileCommand.cxx
@@ -153,20 +153,6 @@ int cmTryCompileCommand::CoreTryCompileCode(
       return -1;
       }
 
-    if ( format == cmSystemTools::CXX_FILE_FORMAT )
-      {
-      fprintf(fout, "IF (CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS)\n");
-      fprintf(fout, "  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS \"${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}"
-              " ${CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS}\")\n");
-      fprintf(fout, "ENDIF (CMAKE_ANSI_CXXFLAGS)\n");
-      }
-
-    if ( format == cmSystemTools::C_FILE_FORMAT )
-      {
-      fprintf(fout, "IF (CMAKE_ANSI_CFLAGS)\n");
-      fprintf(fout, "  SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS \"${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_ANSI_CFLAGS}\")\n");
-      fprintf(fout, "ENDIF (CMAKE_ANSI_CFLAGS)\n");
-      }
     fprintf(fout, "ADD_DEFINITIONS(${COMPILE_DEFINITIONS})\n");
     fprintf(fout, "INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})\n");
     fprintf(fout, "LINK_DIRECTORIES(${LINK_DIRECTORIES})\n");