diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index c1c484b1e..2600db5c4 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -1520,6 +1520,13 @@ void cmTarget::ClearLinkMaps()
   this->Internal->LinkImplMap.clear();
   this->Internal->LinkInterfaceMap.clear();
   this->Internal->LinkClosureMap.clear();
+  for (cmTargetLinkInformationMap::const_iterator it
+      = this->LinkInformation.begin();
+      it != this->LinkInformation.end(); ++it)
+    {
+    delete it->second;
+    }
+  this->LinkInformation.clear();
 }
 
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