diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
index 308e85828..a71f7c785 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator::CreateLocalGenerator(cmLocalGenerator* parent)
   cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg =
     new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS71,
                                       this, parent);
-  lg->SetExtraFlagTable(this->GetExtraFlagTableVS7());
   return lg;
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index a2fadddca..2fa444597 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -18,6 +18,32 @@
 #include "cmake.h"
 #include <cmsys/Encoding.hxx>
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+static cmVS7FlagTable cmVS7ExtraFlagTable[] =
+{
+  // Precompiled header and related options.  Note that the
+  // UsePrecompiledHeader entries are marked as "Continue" so that the
+  // corresponding PrecompiledHeaderThrough entry can be found.
+  {"UsePrecompiledHeader", "YX", "Automatically Generate", "2",
+   cmVS7FlagTable::UserValueIgnored | cmVS7FlagTable::Continue},
+  {"PrecompiledHeaderThrough", "YX", "Precompiled Header Name", "",
+   cmVS7FlagTable::UserValueRequired},
+  {"UsePrecompiledHeader", "Yu", "Use Precompiled Header", "3",
+   cmVS7FlagTable::UserValueIgnored | cmVS7FlagTable::Continue},
+  {"PrecompiledHeaderThrough", "Yu", "Precompiled Header Name", "",
+   cmVS7FlagTable::UserValueRequired},
+  {"WholeProgramOptimization", "LTCG", "WholeProgramOptimization", "true", 0},
+
+  // Exception handling mode.  If no entries match, it will be FALSE.
+  {"ExceptionHandling", "GX", "enable c++ exceptions", "true", 0},
+  {"ExceptionHandling", "EHsc", "enable c++ exceptions", "true", 0},
+  // The EHa option does not have an IDE setting.  Let it go to false,
+  // and have EHa passed on the command line by leaving out the table
+  // entry.
+
+  {0,0,0,0,0}
+};
+
 cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator(
   const std::string& platformName)
 {
@@ -33,6 +59,7 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator(
     {
     this->DefaultPlatformName = platformName;
     }
+  this->ExtraFlagTable = cmVS7ExtraFlagTable;
 }
 
 cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::~cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator()
@@ -256,7 +283,6 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::CreateLocalGenerator(cmLocalGenerator* parent)
   cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg =
     new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS7,
                                       this, parent);
-  lg->SetExtraFlagTable(this->GetExtraFlagTableVS7());
   return lg;
 }
 
@@ -1086,36 +1112,6 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
   return false;
 }
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-static cmVS7FlagTable cmVS7ExtraFlagTable[] =
-{
-  // Precompiled header and related options.  Note that the
-  // UsePrecompiledHeader entries are marked as "Continue" so that the
-  // corresponding PrecompiledHeaderThrough entry can be found.
-  {"UsePrecompiledHeader", "YX", "Automatically Generate", "2",
-   cmVS7FlagTable::UserValueIgnored | cmVS7FlagTable::Continue},
-  {"PrecompiledHeaderThrough", "YX", "Precompiled Header Name", "",
-   cmVS7FlagTable::UserValueRequired},
-  {"UsePrecompiledHeader", "Yu", "Use Precompiled Header", "3",
-   cmVS7FlagTable::UserValueIgnored | cmVS7FlagTable::Continue},
-  {"PrecompiledHeaderThrough", "Yu", "Precompiled Header Name", "",
-   cmVS7FlagTable::UserValueRequired},
-  {"WholeProgramOptimization", "LTCG", "WholeProgramOptimization", "true", 0},
-
-  // Exception handling mode.  If no entries match, it will be FALSE.
-  {"ExceptionHandling", "GX", "enable c++ exceptions", "true", 0},
-  {"ExceptionHandling", "EHsc", "enable c++ exceptions", "true", 0},
-  // The EHa option does not have an IDE setting.  Let it go to false,
-  // and have EHa passed on the command line by leaving out the table
-  // entry.
-
-  {0,0,0,0,0}
-};
-cmIDEFlagTable const* cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::GetExtraFlagTableVS7()
-{
-  return cmVS7ExtraFlagTable;
-}
-
 std::string cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::Encoding()
 {
   std::ostringstream encoding;
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
index 92c5f1ae4..204fdc8df 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ public:
   // Encoding for Visual Studio files
   virtual std::string Encoding();
 
+  cmIDEFlagTable const* ExtraFlagTable;
+
 protected:
   virtual void Generate();
   virtual const char* GetIDEVersion() { return "7.0"; }
@@ -120,7 +122,6 @@ protected:
 
   static const char* ExternalProjectType(const char* location);
 
-  static cmIDEFlagTable const* GetExtraFlagTableVS7();
   virtual void OutputSLNFile(cmLocalGenerator* root,
                              std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*>& generators);
   virtual void WriteSLNFile(std::ostream& fout, cmLocalGenerator* root,
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
index ff9ff10e6..0239d8645 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator.cxx
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator::cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator(
 {
   this->ProjectConfigurationSectionName = "ProjectConfigurationPlatforms";
   this->Name = name;
+  this->ExtraFlagTable = this->GetExtraFlagTableVS8();
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -131,7 +132,6 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio8Generator::CreateLocalGenerator(cmLocalGenerator* parent)
   cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg =
     new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS8,
                                       this, parent);
-  lg->SetExtraFlagTable(this->GetExtraFlagTableVS8());
   return lg;
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.cxx
index 8adde23b0..93028dc43 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator.cxx
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio9Generator::CreateLocalGenerator(cmLocalGenerator* parent)
   cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator *lg
     = new cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator(cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator::VS9,
                                         this, parent);
-  lg->SetExtraFlagTable(this->GetExtraFlagTableVS8());
   return lg;
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 63c18a761..62d6f97a2 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
                                 cmLocalGenerator* parent):
   cmLocalVisualStudioGenerator(v, gg, parent)
 {
-  this->ExtraFlagTable = 0;
   this->Internal = new cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorInternals(this);
 }
 
@@ -773,7 +772,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteConfiguration(std::ostream& fout,
     }
   Options targetOptions(this, t,
                         table,
-                        this->ExtraFlagTable);
+                        gg->ExtraFlagTable);
   targetOptions.FixExceptionHandlingDefault();
   std::string asmLocation = configName + "/";
   targetOptions.AddFlag("AssemblerListingLocation", asmLocation.c_str());
@@ -1842,7 +1841,7 @@ bool cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
               table = cmLocalVisualStudio7GeneratorFortranFlagTable;
               }
             Options fileOptions(this, tool, table,
-                                this->ExtraFlagTable);
+                                gg->ExtraFlagTable);
             fileOptions.Parse(fc.CompileFlags.c_str());
             fileOptions.AddDefines(fc.CompileDefs.c_str());
             fileOptions.AddDefines(fc.CompileDefsConfig.c_str());
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
index 189136938..81d072862 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ public:
    */
   void SetBuildType(BuildType,const std::string& name);
 
-  void SetExtraFlagTable(cmVS7FlagTable const* table)
-    { this->ExtraFlagTable = table; }
   virtual std::string GetTargetDirectory(cmTarget const&) const;
   cmSourceFile* CreateVCProjBuildRule();
   void WriteStampFiles();
@@ -119,7 +117,6 @@ private:
   class EventWriter;
   friend class EventWriter;
 
-  cmVS7FlagTable const* ExtraFlagTable;
   std::string ModuleDefinitionFile;
   bool FortranProject;
   bool WindowsCEProject;