diff --git a/Source/cmSetSourceFilesPropertiesCommand.cxx b/Source/cmSetSourceFilesPropertiesCommand.cxx
index 8966c6b30..1884328ae 100644
--- a/Source/cmSetSourceFilesPropertiesCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSetSourceFilesPropertiesCommand.cxx
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ bool cmSetSourceFilesPropertiesCommand::InitialPass(
           }
         else if(*j == "MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION")
           {
-          doingFiles = false;
           ++j;
           if(j == args.end())
             {