diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index e161bfa0c7..ddbdd3fc2e 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -422,10 +422,6 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteTargetsToSolution(
     }
     bool written = false;
 
-    for (auto const& c : configs) {
-      target->CheckCxxModuleStatus(c);
-    }
-
     // handle external vc project files
     cmValue expath = target->GetProperty("EXTERNAL_MSPROJECT");
     if (expath) {