diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 39c842f252..cd0e67832a 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteVCProjFile(std::ostream& fout,
   }
 
   // open the project
-  this->WriteProjectStart(fout, libName, target, sourceGroups);
+  this->WriteProjectStart(fout, libName, target);
   // write the configuration information
   this->WriteConfigurations(fout, configs, libName, target);
 
@@ -2057,8 +2057,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteProjectStartFortran(
 }
 
 void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteProjectStart(
-  std::ostream& fout, std::string const& libName, cmGeneratorTarget* target,
-  std::vector<cmSourceGroup>&)
+  std::ostream& fout, std::string const& libName, cmGeneratorTarget* target)
 {
   if (this->FortranProject) {
     this->WriteProjectStartFortran(fout, libName, target);
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
index 837a0e1526..38df53ba2a 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.h
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ private:
                                 std::vector<std::string> const& dirs);
   void WriteProjectSCC(std::ostream& fout, cmGeneratorTarget* target);
   void WriteProjectStart(std::ostream& fout, std::string const& libName,
-                         cmGeneratorTarget* tgt,
-                         std::vector<cmSourceGroup>& sgs);
+                         cmGeneratorTarget* target);
   void WriteProjectStartFortran(std::ostream& fout, std::string const& libName,
                                 cmGeneratorTarget* tgt);
   void WriteVCProjBeginGroup(std::ostream& fout, char const* group,