diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake
index e9ae995ea..5d35ce378 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ function(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ABI lang src)
     if(DEFINED CMAKE_${lang}_VERBOSE_FLAG)
       set(CMAKE_FLAGS "-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=${CMAKE_${lang}_VERBOSE_FLAG}")
     endif()
-    if(CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_TARGET)
-      set(CMAKE_FLAGS "${CMAKE_FLAGS} -DCMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_TARGET=${CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_TARGET}")
-    endif()
     try_compile(CMAKE_${lang}_ABI_COMPILED
       ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} ${src}
       CMAKE_FLAGS "${CMAKE_FLAGS}"
diff --git a/Modules/Compiler/Clang.cmake b/Modules/Compiler/Clang.cmake
index 66b00bd82..ec4562a3d 100644
--- a/Modules/Compiler/Clang.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Compiler/Clang.cmake
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ macro(__compiler_clang lang)
   set(CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIE "-fPIE")
   set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_SYSTEM_FLAG_${lang} "-isystem ")
   set(CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILE_OPTIONS_VISIBILITY "-fvisibility=")
-  set(CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILE_OPTION_TARGET "-target ")
 endmacro()
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/QNX.cmake b/Modules/Platform/QNX.cmake
index 315f72181..2598411cd 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/QNX.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/QNX.cmake
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_RUNTIME_C_FLAG_SEP ":")
 set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_RPATH_LINK_C_FLAG "-Wl,-rpath-link,")
 set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SONAME_C_FLAG "-Wl,-soname,")
 set(CMAKE_EXE_EXPORTS_C_FLAG "-Wl,--export-dynamic")
-# http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.4.0/neutrino/utilities/q/qcc.html#examples
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OPTION_TARGET "-V")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILE_OPTION_TARGET "-V")
 
 # Shared libraries with no builtin soname may not be linked safely by
 # specifying the file path.
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index b515727b0..9c0410965 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1038,20 +1038,11 @@ cmLocalGenerator::ExpandRuleVariable(std::string const& variable,
       // If this is the compiler then look for the extra variable
       // _COMPILER_ARG1 which must be the first argument to the compiler
       const char* compilerArg1 = 0;
-      const char* compilerTarget = 0;
-      const char* compilerOptionTarget = 0;
       if(actualReplace == "CMAKE_${LANG}_COMPILER")
         {
         std::string arg1 = actualReplace + "_ARG1";
         cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(arg1, "${LANG}", lang);
         compilerArg1 = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(arg1.c_str());
-        compilerTarget
-              = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(
-                (std::string("CMAKE_") + lang + "_COMPILER_TARGET").c_str());
-        compilerOptionTarget
-              = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(
-                (std::string("CMAKE_") + lang +
-                                          "_COMPILE_OPTION_TARGET").c_str());
         }
       if(actualReplace.find("${LANG}") != actualReplace.npos)
         {
@@ -1072,11 +1063,6 @@ cmLocalGenerator::ExpandRuleVariable(std::string const& variable,
             ret += " ";
             ret += compilerArg1;
             }
-          if (compilerTarget && compilerOptionTarget)
-            {
-            ret += compilerOptionTarget;
-            ret += compilerTarget;
-            }
           return ret;
           }
         return replace;