diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
index ba1868797c..2874952034 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator.cxx
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio71Generator
   this->GetTargetSets(projectTargets, originalTargets, root, generators);
   OrderedTargetDependSet orderedProjectTargets(projectTargets);
 
-  this->WriteTargetsToSolution(fout, root, orderedProjectTargets);
+  this->WriteTargetsToSolution(fout, orderedProjectTargets);
 
   bool useFolderProperty = this->UseFolderProperty();
   if (useFolderProperty)
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 68586744e4..eb84a2ca6d 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteTargetConfigurations(
 
 void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteTargetsToSolution(
     std::ostream& fout,
-    cmLocalGenerator* root,
     OrderedTargetDependSet const& projectTargets)
 {
   for(OrderedTargetDependSet::const_iterator tt =
@@ -386,7 +385,7 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator
   this->GetTargetSets(projectTargets, originalTargets, root, generators);
   OrderedTargetDependSet orderedProjectTargets(projectTargets);
 
-  this->WriteTargetsToSolution(fout, root, orderedProjectTargets);
+  this->WriteTargetsToSolution(fout, orderedProjectTargets);
 
   bool useFolderProperty = this->UseFolderProperty();
   if (useFolderProperty)
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
index b6c84e8ffc..57c079d28e 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.h
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ protected:
 
   virtual void WriteTargetsToSolution(
     std::ostream& fout,
-    cmLocalGenerator* root,
     OrderedTargetDependSet const& projectTargets);
   virtual void WriteTargetDepends(
     std::ostream& fout,