diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
index e2b8c459a..4901820cf 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
@@ -352,6 +352,34 @@ void cmGeneratorTarget::ComputeObjectMapping()
     }
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+const char* cmGeneratorTarget::GetFeature(const std::string& feature,
+                                          const std::string& config) const
+{
+  if(!config.empty())
+    {
+    std::string featureConfig = feature;
+    featureConfig += "_";
+    featureConfig += cmSystemTools::UpperCase(config);
+    if(const char* value = this->Target->GetProperty(featureConfig))
+      {
+      return value;
+      }
+    }
+  if(const char* value = this->Target->GetProperty(feature))
+    {
+    return value;
+    }
+  return this->Makefile->GetFeature(feature, config);
+}
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+bool cmGeneratorTarget::GetFeatureAsBool(const std::string& feature,
+                                         const std::string& config) const
+{
+  return cmSystemTools::IsOn(this->GetFeature(feature, config));
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 const std::string& cmGeneratorTarget::GetObjectName(cmSourceFile const* file)
 {
@@ -983,7 +1011,7 @@ cmGeneratorTarget::GetCreateRuleVariable(std::string const& lang,
     case cmTarget::STATIC_LIBRARY:
       {
       std::string var = "CMAKE_" + lang + "_CREATE_STATIC_LIBRARY";
-      if(this->Target->GetFeatureAsBool(
+      if(this->GetFeatureAsBool(
            "INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION", config))
         {
         std::string varIPO = var + "_IPO";
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
index c79aa728b..a8edcb8cb 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ public:
 
   void ComputeObjectMapping();
 
+  const char* GetFeature(const std::string& feature,
+                         const std::string& config) const;
+  bool GetFeatureAsBool(const std::string& feature,
+                        const std::string& config) const;
+
   cmTarget* Target;
   cmMakefile* Makefile;
   cmLocalGenerator* LocalGenerator;
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index a24204615..f2d58ec6b 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -1023,12 +1023,13 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::IsPartOfDefaultBuild(
     {
     return activeConfigs;
     }
+  cmGeneratorTarget* gt = this->GetGeneratorTarget(target);
   // inspect EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD[_<CONFIG>] properties
   for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = configs.begin();
       i != configs.end(); ++i)
     {
     const char* propertyValue =
-      target->GetFeature("EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD", i->c_str());
+      gt->GetFeature("EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD", i->c_str());
     if(cmSystemTools::IsOff(propertyValue))
       {
       activeConfigs.insert(*i);
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index 9ac9ddb26..b2a10a6c9 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -2086,13 +2086,13 @@ void cmMakefileTargetGenerator::AddModuleDefinitionFlag(std::string& flags)
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 const char* cmMakefileTargetGenerator::GetFeature(const std::string& feature)
 {
-  return this->Target->GetFeature(feature, this->ConfigName);
+  return this->GeneratorTarget->GetFeature(feature, this->ConfigName);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool cmMakefileTargetGenerator::GetFeatureAsBool(const std::string& feature)
 {
-  return this->Target->GetFeatureAsBool(feature, this->ConfigName);
+  return this->GeneratorTarget->GetFeatureAsBool(feature, this->ConfigName);
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
index 879d6b79e..b2aef689e 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -107,13 +107,14 @@ std::string cmNinjaTargetGenerator::LanguageCompilerRule(
 // TODO: Picked up from cmMakefileTargetGenerator.  Refactor it.
 const char* cmNinjaTargetGenerator::GetFeature(const std::string& feature)
 {
-  return this->Target->GetFeature(feature, this->GetConfigName());
+  return this->GeneratorTarget->GetFeature(feature, this->GetConfigName());
 }
 
 // TODO: Picked up from cmMakefileTargetGenerator.  Refactor it.
 bool cmNinjaTargetGenerator::GetFeatureAsBool(const std::string& feature)
 {
-  return this->Target->GetFeatureAsBool(feature, this->GetConfigName());
+  return this->GeneratorTarget->GetFeatureAsBool(feature,
+                                                 this->GetConfigName());
 }
 
 // TODO: Picked up from cmMakefileTargetGenerator.  Refactor it.
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 443696658..fd732d770 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -2813,34 +2813,6 @@ void cmTarget::GetTargetVersion(bool soversion,
     }
 }
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-const char* cmTarget::GetFeature(const std::string& feature,
-                                 const std::string& config) const
-{
-  if(!config.empty())
-    {
-    std::string featureConfig = feature;
-    featureConfig += "_";
-    featureConfig += cmSystemTools::UpperCase(config);
-    if(const char* value = this->GetProperty(featureConfig))
-      {
-      return value;
-      }
-    }
-  if(const char* value = this->GetProperty(feature))
-    {
-    return value;
-    }
-  return this->Makefile->GetFeature(feature, config);
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-bool cmTarget::GetFeatureAsBool(const std::string& feature,
-                                const std::string& config) const
-{
-  return cmSystemTools::IsOn(this->GetFeature(feature, config));
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool cmTarget::HandleLocationPropertyPolicy(cmMakefile* context) const
 {
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.h b/Source/cmTarget.h
index 0cbb57519..f20966abf 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.h
@@ -260,11 +260,6 @@ public:
   bool GetPropertyAsBool(const std::string& prop) const;
   void CheckProperty(const std::string& prop, cmMakefile* context) const;
 
-  const char* GetFeature(const std::string& feature,
-                         const std::string& config) const;
-  bool GetFeatureAsBool(const std::string& feature,
-                        const std::string& config) const;
-
   bool IsImported() const {return this->IsImportedTarget;}
 
   void GetObjectLibrariesCMP0026(std::vector<cmTarget*>& objlibs) const;