diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index dda855f26..6b8d51d97 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -3177,12 +3177,6 @@ const char* cmTarget::GetFeature(const std::string& feature,
   return this->Makefile->GetFeature(feature, config);
 }
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-const char *cmTarget::GetProperty(const std::string& prop) const
-{
-  return this->GetProperty(prop, cmProperty::TARGET);
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool cmTarget::HandleLocationPropertyPolicy() const
 {
@@ -3221,8 +3215,7 @@ bool cmTarget::HandleLocationPropertyPolicy() const
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-const char *cmTarget::GetProperty(const std::string& prop,
-                                  cmProperty::ScopeType scope) const
+const char *cmTarget::GetProperty(const std::string& prop) const
 {
   if (this->GetType() == INTERFACE_LIBRARY
       && !whiteListedInterfaceProperty(prop))
@@ -3489,10 +3482,10 @@ const char *cmTarget::GetProperty(const std::string& prop,
     }
   bool chain = false;
   const char *retVal =
-    this->Properties.GetPropertyValue(prop, scope, chain);
+    this->Properties.GetPropertyValue(prop, cmProperty::TARGET, chain);
   if (chain)
     {
-    return this->Makefile->GetProperty(prop,scope);
+    return this->Makefile->GetProperty(prop, cmProperty::TARGET);
     }
   return retVal;
 }
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.h b/Source/cmTarget.h
index 4d8022e68..22462b90e 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.h
@@ -231,8 +231,6 @@ public:
   void AppendProperty(const std::string&  prop, const char* value,
           bool asString=false);
   const char *GetProperty(const std::string& prop) const;
-  const char *GetProperty(const std::string& prop,
-          cmProperty::ScopeType scope) const;
   bool GetPropertyAsBool(const std::string& prop) const;
   void CheckProperty(const std::string& prop, cmMakefile* context) const;