diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
index 97b46bfdc1..66714e9533 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator
         i != linkCmds.end();
         ++i)
       {
-#ifdef ENABLE_WIN32_NINJA_HACKS
+#ifdef _WIN32
+       // TODO TARGET_IMPLIB is empty
        cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(*i, "/implib:", "");
 #endif
       this->GetLocalGenerator()->ExpandRuleVariables(*i, vars);
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
index cc6024b111..1a8d13d41b 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -224,11 +224,14 @@ cmNinjaDeps cmNinjaTargetGenerator::ComputeLinkDeps() const
     return cmNinjaDeps();
 
 
-#ifndef ENABLE_WIN32_NINJA_HACKS
+#ifndef _WIN32
   const std::vector<std::string> &deps = cli->GetDepends();
   cmNinjaDeps result(deps.size());
   std::transform(deps.begin(), deps.end(), result.begin(), MapToNinjaPath());
 #else
+  // TODO The ninja generator misses a lot on Windows.
+  //      This hack avoids a problem when a Dll is build:
+  //      It builds the .dll but uses the .lib which is then unknown to ninja.
   cmNinjaDeps result;
   for(unsigned i = 0; i < cli->GetItems().size(); ++i) {
     if( cli->GetItems()[i].Target ) {