diff --git a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx
index 9d10e39bd..3edeff347 100644
--- a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -23,9 +23,15 @@ cmCommonTargetGenerator::cmCommonTargetGenerator(cmGeneratorTarget* gt)
   , LocalGenerator(static_cast<cmLocalCommonGenerator*>(gt->LocalGenerator))
   , GlobalGenerator(static_cast<cmGlobalCommonGenerator*>(
                       gt->LocalGenerator->GetGlobalGenerator()))
+  , ConfigName(LocalGenerator->GetConfigName())
 {
 }
 
 cmCommonTargetGenerator::~cmCommonTargetGenerator()
 {
 }
+
+std::string const& cmCommonTargetGenerator::GetConfigName() const
+{
+  return this->ConfigName;
+}
diff --git a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.h b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.h
index e39f2c83e..bf2add39a 100644
--- a/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmCommonTargetGenerator.h
@@ -29,12 +29,15 @@ public:
   cmCommonTargetGenerator(cmGeneratorTarget* gt);
   virtual ~cmCommonTargetGenerator();
 
+  std::string const& GetConfigName() const;
+
 protected:
   cmGeneratorTarget* GeneratorTarget;
   cmTarget* Target;
   cmMakefile* Makefile;
   cmLocalCommonGenerator* LocalGenerator;
   cmGlobalCommonGenerator* GlobalGenerator;
+  std::string ConfigName;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index 33713815e..5c9402edd 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ cmMakefileTargetGenerator::cmMakefileTargetGenerator(cmGeneratorTarget* target)
   this->FortranModuleDirectoryComputed = false;
   this->LocalGenerator =
     static_cast<cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3*>(target->GetLocalGenerator());
-  this->ConfigName = this->LocalGenerator->GetConfigName().c_str();
   this->GlobalGenerator =
     static_cast<cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3*>(
       this->LocalGenerator->GetGlobalGenerator());
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.h b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.h
index 787f2467a..2985f4e7c 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.h
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ protected:
                             std::string& linkFlags);
   cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3 *LocalGenerator;
   cmGlobalUnixMakefileGenerator3 *GlobalGenerator;
-  std::string ConfigName;
 
   enum CustomCommandDriveType { OnBuild, OnDepends, OnUtility };
   CustomCommandDriveType CustomCommandDriver;
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
index 5ede08af9..152bf7c26 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@ cmGlobalNinjaGenerator* cmNinjaTargetGenerator::GetGlobalGenerator() const
   return this->LocalGenerator->GetGlobalNinjaGenerator();
 }
 
-std::string const& cmNinjaTargetGenerator::GetConfigName() const
-{
-  return this->LocalGenerator->GetConfigName();
-}
-
 std::string cmNinjaTargetGenerator::LanguageCompilerRule(
   const std::string& lang) const
 {
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.h b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.h
index 87ba17fb6..e4468765d 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.h
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ protected:
   cmMakefile* GetMakefile() const
   { return this->Makefile; }
 
-  std::string const& GetConfigName() const;
-
   std::string LanguageCompilerRule(const std::string& lang) const;
 
   const char* GetFeature(const std::string& feature);