diff --git a/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
index 79e78df3d..1025dc0d1 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
@@ -297,16 +297,14 @@ cmExportInstallFileGenerator
     {
     // Collect import properties for this target.
     cmTargetExport const* te = *tei;
-    ImportPropertyMap properties;
-    std::set<std::string> importedLocations;
-    if (!properties.empty()
-        && te->Target->GetType() == cmTarget::INTERFACE_LIBRARY)
+    if (te->Target->GetType() == cmTarget::INTERFACE_LIBRARY)
       {
-      this->GenerateImportPropertyCode(os, config, te->Target, properties);
-      this->GenerateImportedFileChecksCode(os, te->Target, properties,
-                                           importedLocations);
       continue;
       }
+
+    ImportPropertyMap properties;
+    std::set<std::string> importedLocations;
+
     this->SetImportLocationProperty(config, suffix, te->ArchiveGenerator,
                                     properties, importedLocations);
     this->SetImportLocationProperty(config, suffix, te->LibraryGenerator,