diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 51b891849..84e7f1bcc 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -739,18 +739,6 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
   entry.Full = "";
 }
 
-// make sure "special" targets have GUID's
-void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::Configure()
-{
-  cmGlobalGenerator::Configure();
-  this->CreateGUID("ALL_BUILD");
-  this->CreateGUID("INSTALL");
-  this->CreateGUID("RUN_TESTS");
-  this->CreateGUID("EDIT_CACHE");
-  this->CreateGUID("REBUILD_CACHE");
-  this->CreateGUID("PACKAGE");
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void
 cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
index b6c84e8ff..7f19d8301 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ public:
   void CreateGUID(const char* name);
   std::string GetGUID(const char* name);
 
-  ///! do configure step
-  virtual void Configure();
-
   /** Append the subdirectory for the given configuration.  */
   virtual void AppendDirectoryForConfig(const char* prefix,
                                         const char* config,
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 3e76f592d..372e64463 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -68,6 +68,27 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::AddHelperCommands()
   lang.insert("DEF");
   lang.insert("Fortran");
   this->CreateCustomTargetsAndCommands(lang);
+
+  // Now create GUIDs for targets
+  cmTargets &tgts = this->Makefile->GetTargets();
+
+  cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator* gg =
+    static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>(this->GlobalGenerator);
+  for(cmTargets::iterator l = tgts.begin(); l != tgts.end(); l++)
+    {
+    const char* path = l->second.GetProperty("EXTERNAL_MSPROJECT");
+    if(path)
+      {
+      this->ReadAndStoreExternalGUID(
+        l->second.GetName(), path);
+      }
+    else
+      {
+      gg->CreateGUID(l->first.c_str());
+      }
+    }
+
+
   this->FixGlobalTargets();
 }
 
@@ -2021,29 +2042,6 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::ReadAndStoreExternalGUID(
 }
 
 
-void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::ConfigureFinalPass()
-{
-  cmLocalGenerator::ConfigureFinalPass();
-  cmTargets &tgts = this->Makefile->GetTargets();
-
-  cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator* gg =
-    static_cast<cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator *>(this->GlobalGenerator);
-  for(cmTargets::iterator l = tgts.begin(); l != tgts.end(); l++)
-    {
-    const char* path = l->second.GetProperty("EXTERNAL_MSPROJECT");
-    if(path)
-      {
-      this->ReadAndStoreExternalGUID(
-        l->second.GetName(), path);
-      }
-    else
-      {
-      gg->CreateGUID(l->first.c_str());
-      }
-    }
-
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 std::string cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
 ::GetTargetDirectory(cmTarget const& target) const
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
index 4fdbc582a..d1b5b0037 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ public:
   void SetVersion8() {this->Version = 8;}
   void SetVersion9() {this->Version = 9;}
   void SetPlatformName(const char* n) { this->PlatformName = n;}
-  virtual void ConfigureFinalPass();
   void GetTargetObjectFileDirectories(cmTarget* target,
                                       std::vector<std::string>& 
                                       dirs);