diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 25f33d7e3..cce10ce77 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -526,106 +526,6 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::AddCustomCommandToCreateObject(const char* ofname,
     );
 }
 
-void cmLocalGenerator::AddBuildTargetRule(const std::string& llang,
-                                          cmGeneratorTarget& target)
-{
-  std::string objs;
-  std::vector<std::string> objVector;
-  std::string config = this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE");
-  // Add all the sources outputs to the depends of the target
-  std::vector<cmSourceFile*> classes;
-  target.GetSourceFiles(classes, config);
-  for(std::vector<cmSourceFile*>::const_iterator i = classes.begin();
-      i != classes.end(); ++i)
-    {
-    cmSourceFile* sf = *i;
-    if(!sf->GetCustomCommand() &&
-       !sf->GetPropertyAsBool("HEADER_FILE_ONLY") &&
-       !sf->GetPropertyAsBool("EXTERNAL_OBJECT"))
-      {
-      std::string dir_max;
-      dir_max += this->StateSnapshot.GetDirectory().GetCurrentBinary();
-      dir_max += "/";
-      std::string obj = this->GetObjectFileNameWithoutTarget(*sf, dir_max);
-      if(!obj.empty())
-        {
-        std::string ofname =
-            this->StateSnapshot.GetDirectory().GetCurrentBinary();
-        ofname += "/";
-        ofname += obj;
-        objVector.push_back(ofname);
-        this->AddCustomCommandToCreateObject(ofname.c_str(),
-                                             llang, *(*i), target);
-        objs += this->Convert(ofname,START_OUTPUT,SHELL);
-        objs += " ";
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  std::string createRule = target.GetCreateRuleVariable(llang, config);
-  bool useWatcomQuote = this->Makefile->IsOn(createRule+"_USE_WATCOM_QUOTE");
-  std::string targetName = target.Target->GetFullName();
-  // Executable :
-  // Shared Library:
-  // Static Library:
-  // Shared Module:
-  std::string linkLibs; // should be set
-  std::string frameworkPath;
-  std::string linkPath;
-  std::string flags; // should be set
-  std::string linkFlags; // should be set
-  this->GetTargetFlags(linkLibs, frameworkPath, linkPath, flags, linkFlags,
-                       &target, useWatcomQuote);
-  linkLibs = frameworkPath + linkPath + linkLibs;
-  cmLocalGenerator::RuleVariables vars;
-  vars.Language = llang.c_str();
-  vars.Objects = objs.c_str();
-  vars.ObjectDir = ".";
-  vars.Target = targetName.c_str();
-  vars.LinkLibraries = linkLibs.c_str();
-  vars.Flags = flags.c_str();
-  vars.LinkFlags = linkFlags.c_str();
-
-  std::string langFlags;
-  this->AddLanguageFlags(langFlags, llang, "");
-  this->AddArchitectureFlags(langFlags, &target, llang, "");
-  vars.LanguageCompileFlags = langFlags.c_str();
-
-  cmCustomCommandLines commandLines;
-  std::vector<std::string> rules;
-  rules.push_back(this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition(createRule));
-  std::vector<std::string> commands;
-  cmSystemTools::ExpandList(rules, commands);
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = commands.begin();
-      i != commands.end(); ++i)
-    {
-    // Expand the full command line string.
-    this->ExpandRuleVariables(*i, vars);
-    // Parse the string to get the custom command line.
-    cmCustomCommandLine commandLine;
-    std::vector<std::string> cmd = cmSystemTools::ParseArguments(i->c_str());
-    commandLine.insert(commandLine.end(), cmd.begin(), cmd.end());
-
-    // Store this command line.
-    commandLines.push_back(commandLine);
-    }
-  std::string targetFullPath = target.Target->GetFullPath();
-  // Generate a meaningful comment for the command.
-  std::string comment = "Linking ";
-  comment += llang;
-  comment += " target ";
-  comment += this->Convert(targetFullPath, START_OUTPUT);
-  this->Makefile->AddCustomCommandToOutput(
-    targetFullPath,
-    objVector,
-    "",
-    commandLines,
-    comment.c_str(),
-    this->StateSnapshot.GetDirectory().GetCurrentBinary()
-    );
-  this->Makefile->GetSource(targetFullPath);
-  target.Target->AddSource(targetFullPath);
-}
-
 // List of variables that are replaced when
 // rules are expanced.  These variables are
 // replaced in the form <var> with GetSafeDefinition(var).
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
index fee242042..429d5fcf3 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
@@ -328,11 +328,6 @@ protected:
   void InsertRuleLauncher(std::string& s, cmTarget* target,
                           const std::string& prop);
 
-
-  /** Convert a target to a utility target for unsupported
-   *  languages of a generator */
-  void AddBuildTargetRule(const std::string& llang,
-                          cmGeneratorTarget& target);
   ///! add a custom command to build a .o file that is part of a target
   void AddCustomCommandToCreateObject(const char* ofname,
                                       const std::string& lang,