diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.cxx b/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.cxx
index 336097be1..1aabdebe5 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.cxx
@@ -172,12 +172,10 @@ satisfy dependencies.
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 cmComputeLinkDepends
-::cmComputeLinkDepends(cmTarget const* target, const std::string& config,
-                       cmTarget const* head)
+::cmComputeLinkDepends(cmTarget const* target, const std::string& config)
 {
   // Store context information.
   this->Target = target;
-  this->HeadTarget = head;
   this->Makefile = this->Target->GetMakefile();
   this->LocalGenerator = this->Makefile->GetLocalGenerator();
   this->GlobalGenerator = this->LocalGenerator->GetGlobalGenerator();
@@ -356,7 +354,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkDepends::FollowLinkEntry(BFSEntry const& qe)
     {
     // Follow the target dependencies.
     if(cmTarget::LinkInterface const* iface =
-       entry.Target->GetLinkInterface(this->Config, this->HeadTarget))
+       entry.Target->GetLinkInterface(this->Config, this->Target))
       {
       const bool isIface =
                       entry.Target->GetType() == cmTarget::INTERFACE_LIBRARY;
@@ -455,7 +453,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkDepends::HandleSharedDependency(SharedDepEntry const& dep)
   if(entry.Target)
     {
     if(cmTarget::LinkInterface const* iface =
-       entry.Target->GetLinkInterface(this->Config, this->HeadTarget))
+       entry.Target->GetLinkInterface(this->Config, this->Target))
       {
       // Follow public and private dependencies transitively.
       this->FollowSharedDeps(index, iface, true);
@@ -544,7 +542,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkDepends::AddDirectLinkEntries()
 {
   // Add direct link dependencies in this configuration.
   cmTarget::LinkImplementation const* impl =
-    this->Target->GetLinkImplementation(this->Config, this->HeadTarget);
+    this->Target->GetLinkImplementation(this->Config, this->Target);
   this->AddLinkEntries(-1, impl->Libraries);
   for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator
         wi = impl->WrongConfigLibraries.begin();
@@ -955,7 +953,7 @@ int cmComputeLinkDepends::ComputeComponentCount(NodeList const& nl)
     if(cmTarget const* target = this->EntryList[*ni].Target)
       {
       if(cmTarget::LinkInterface const* iface =
-         target->GetLinkInterface(this->Config, this->HeadTarget))
+         target->GetLinkInterface(this->Config, this->Target))
         {
         if(iface->Multiplicity > count)
           {
diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.h b/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.h
index 13fc993fb..440dc0d4f 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.h
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkDepends.h
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ class cmake;
 class cmComputeLinkDepends
 {
 public:
-  cmComputeLinkDepends(cmTarget const* target, const std::string& config,
-                       cmTarget const* head);
+  cmComputeLinkDepends(cmTarget const* target, const std::string& config);
   ~cmComputeLinkDepends();
 
   // Basic information about each link item.
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ private:
 
   // Context information.
   cmTarget const* Target;
-  cmTarget const* HeadTarget;
   cmMakefile* Makefile;
   cmLocalGenerator* LocalGenerator;
   cmGlobalGenerator const* GlobalGenerator;
diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
index 0ce04a5d1..bcafe2df1 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
@@ -239,12 +239,10 @@ because this need be done only for shared libraries without soname-s.
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 cmComputeLinkInformation
-::cmComputeLinkInformation(cmTarget const* target, const std::string& config,
-                           cmTarget const* headTarget)
+::cmComputeLinkInformation(cmTarget const* target, const std::string& config)
 {
   // Store context information.
   this->Target = target;
-  this->HeadTarget = headTarget;
   this->Makefile = this->Target->GetMakefile();
   this->LocalGenerator = this->Makefile->GetLocalGenerator();
   this->GlobalGenerator = this->LocalGenerator->GetGlobalGenerator();
@@ -267,7 +265,7 @@ cmComputeLinkInformation
   this->OrderDependentRPath = 0;
 
   // Get the language used for linking this target.
-  this->LinkLanguage = this->Target->GetLinkerLanguage(config, headTarget);
+  this->LinkLanguage = this->Target->GetLinkerLanguage(config);
   if(this->LinkLanguage.empty())
     {
     // The Compute method will do nothing, so skip the rest of the
@@ -505,8 +503,7 @@ bool cmComputeLinkInformation::Compute()
     }
 
   // Compute the ordered link line items.
-  cmComputeLinkDepends cld(this->Target, this->Config,
-                           this->HeadTarget);
+  cmComputeLinkDepends cld(this->Target, this->Config);
   cld.SetOldLinkDirMode(this->OldLinkDirMode);
   cmComputeLinkDepends::EntryVector const& linkEntries = cld.Compute();
 
@@ -573,7 +570,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkInformation::AddImplicitLinkInfo()
 {
   // The link closure lists all languages whose implicit info is needed.
   cmTarget::LinkClosure const* lc=this->Target->GetLinkClosure(this->Config,
-                                                          this->HeadTarget);
+                                                          this->Target);
   for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator li = lc->Languages.begin();
       li != lc->Languages.end(); ++li)
     {
@@ -1972,7 +1969,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkInformation::GetRPath(std::vector<std::string>& runtimeDirs,
   // present.  This is done even when skipping rpath support.
   {
   cmTarget::LinkClosure const* lc =
-    this->Target->GetLinkClosure(this->Config, this->HeadTarget);
+    this->Target->GetLinkClosure(this->Config, this->Target);
   for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator li = lc->Languages.begin();
       li != lc->Languages.end(); ++li)
     {
diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.h b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.h
index e345fe259..e5d674abf 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.h
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.h
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ class cmOrderDirectories;
 class cmComputeLinkInformation
 {
 public:
-  cmComputeLinkInformation(cmTarget const* target, const std::string& config,
-                           cmTarget const* headTarget);
+  cmComputeLinkInformation(cmTarget const* target, const std::string& config);
   ~cmComputeLinkInformation();
   bool Compute();
 
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ private:
 
   // Context information.
   cmTarget const* Target;
-  cmTarget const* HeadTarget;
   cmMakefile* Makefile;
   cmLocalGenerator* LocalGenerator;
   cmGlobalGenerator* GlobalGenerator;
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index f6a92bdf6..32b077717 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -6953,7 +6953,7 @@ cmTarget::GetLinkInformation(const std::string& config) const
     {
     // Compute information for this configuration.
     cmComputeLinkInformation* info =
-      new cmComputeLinkInformation(this, config, this);
+      new cmComputeLinkInformation(this, config);
     if(!info || !info->Compute())
       {
       delete info;