diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index ce0d0f20d..309ff4c3d 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -6823,7 +6823,7 @@ void checkPropertyConsistency(cmTarget *depender, cmTarget *dependee,
       pi != props.end(); ++pi)
     {
     if (depender->GetMakefile()->GetCMakeInstance()
-                      ->GetIsPropertyDefined(pi->c_str(),
+                      ->IsPropertyDefined(pi->c_str(),
                                               cmProperty::TARGET))
       {
       cmOStringStream e;
diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index 290aff05c..6bd398e32 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -3640,13 +3640,6 @@ void cmake::DefineProperty(const char *name, cmProperty::ScopeType scope,
                                                   chained);
 }
 
-bool cmake::GetIsPropertyDefined(const char *name,
-                                 cmProperty::ScopeType scope)
-{
-  return this->PropertyDefinitions[scope].find(name) !=
-                                      this->PropertyDefinitions[scope].end();
-}
-
 cmPropertyDefinition *cmake
 ::GetPropertyDefinition(const char *name,
                         cmProperty::ScopeType scope)
diff --git a/Source/cmake.h b/Source/cmake.h
index a50c1ed02..a3872d701 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.h
+++ b/Source/cmake.h
@@ -349,8 +349,6 @@ class cmake
                       bool chain = false,
                       const char *variableGroup = 0);
 
-  bool GetIsPropertyDefined(const char *name, cmProperty::ScopeType scope);
-
   // get property definition
   cmPropertyDefinition *GetPropertyDefinition
   (const char *name, cmProperty::ScopeType scope);