diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
index a6fec829e..59bf35e99 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator.cxx
@@ -217,23 +217,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio6Generator::AddDSPBuildRule(cmTarget& tgt)
                   START_OUTPUT, UNCHANGED, true);
   commandLine.push_back(args);
 
-  std::string configFile = 
-    this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_ROOT");
-  configFile += "/Templates/CMakeWindowsSystemConfig.cmake";
-  std::vector<std::string> listFiles = this->Makefile->GetListFiles();
-  bool found = false;
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = listFiles.begin();
-      i != listFiles.end(); ++i)
-    {
-    if(*i == configFile)
-      {
-      found  = true;
-      }
-    }
-  if(!found)
-    {
-    listFiles.push_back(configFile);
-    }
+  std::vector<std::string> const& listFiles = this->Makefile->GetListFiles();
 
   cmCustomCommandLines commandLines;
   commandLines.push_back(commandLine);
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 6af5fa8a9..1e1321a1f 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -204,23 +204,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::AddVCProjBuildRule(cmTarget& tgt)
                   START_OUTPUT, UNCHANGED, true);
   commandLine.push_back(args);
 
-  std::string configFile =
-    this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_ROOT");
-  configFile += "/Templates/CMakeWindowsSystemConfig.cmake";
-  std::vector<std::string> listFiles = this->Makefile->GetListFiles();
-  bool found = false;
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = listFiles.begin();
-      i != listFiles.end(); ++i)
-    {
-    if(*i == configFile)
-      {
-      found  = true;
-      }
-    }
-  if(!found)
-    {
-    listFiles.push_back(configFile);
-    }
+  std::vector<std::string> const& listFiles = this->Makefile->GetListFiles();
 
   cmCustomCommandLines commandLines;
   commandLines.push_back(commandLine);
diff --git a/Templates/CMakeWindowsSystemConfig.cmake b/Templates/CMakeWindowsSystemConfig.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 05d29aaa4..000000000
--- a/Templates/CMakeWindowsSystemConfig.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-# Microsoft specific config file 
-
-SET (CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL msdev CACHE INTERNAL 
-     "What is the target build tool cmake is generating for.")
-
-SET (CMAKE_SYSTEM "Win32" CACHE INTERNAL 
-     "What system is this.  Result of uname.")
-
-SET (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER  cl CACHE STRING 
-     "Name of C++ compiler used.")
-
-SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "/MD /O2" CACHE STRING
-     "Flags used by the compiler during release builds (/MD /Ob1 /Oi /Ot /Oy /Gs will produce slightly less optimized but smaller files)")
-
-SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "/MD /Zi /O2" CACHE STRING
-     "Flags used by the compiler during Release with Debug Info builds")
-
-SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "/MD /O1" CACHE STRING
-     "Flags used by the compiler during release minsize builds")
-
-SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "/MDd /Zi /Od /GZ" CACHE STRING
-     "Flags used by the compiler during debug builds")
-
-SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "/nologo /W3 /Zm1000 /GX /GR" CACHE STRING
-     "Flags used by the compiler during all build types, /GX /GR are for exceptions and rtti in VC++, /Zm1000 increases the compiler's memory allocation to support ANSI C++/stdlib")
-
-SET (CMAKE_EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS "/STACK:10000000" CACHE STRING
-     "Extra flags added to the link line for creation of exe and dlls.")
-
-SET (CMAKE_USE_WIN32_THREADS 1 CACHE BOOL 
-     "Use the win32 thread library")
-
-SET (CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM "msdev" CACHE STRING 
-     "Program used to build from dsp files.")
-
-# We will hardcode them for now. Make sure to fix that in the future
-SET (CMAKE_SIZEOF_INT       4   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of int data type")
-SET (CMAKE_SIZEOF_LONG      4   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of long data type")
-SET (CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P    4   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of void* data type")
-SET (CMAKE_SIZEOF_CHAR      1   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of char data type")
-SET (CMAKE_SIZEOF_SHORT     2   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of short data type")
-SET (CMAKE_SIZEOF_FLOAT     4   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of float data type")
-SET (CMAKE_SIZEOF_DOUBLE    8   CACHE INTERNAL "Size of double data type")
-
-# Suffixes
-
-SET (CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX ".exe" CACHE INTERNAL
-     "Executable suffix.")
-
-SET (CMAKE_MODULE_SUFFIX ".dll" CACHE INTERNAL 
-     "Module library suffix.")
-
-SET (CMAKE_SHLIB_SUFFIX ".dll" CACHE INTERNAL 
-     "Shared library suffix.")
-
-SET (CMAKE_STATICLIB_SUFFIX ".lib" CACHE INTERNAL 
-     "Static library suffix.")
-
-# The following variables are advanced 
-
-MARK_AS_ADVANCED(
-CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER
-CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
-CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG
-CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL
-CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE
-CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
-CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX
-CMAKE_EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS
-CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM
-CMAKE_MODULE_SUFFIX
-CMAKE_OBJECT_FILE_SUFFIX
-CMAKE_SHLIB_SUFFIX
-CMAKE_STATICLIB_SUFFIX
-CMAKE_USE_WIN32_THREADS
-HAVE_LIMITS_H
-HAVE_UNISTD_H
-WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-)
-
-