diff --git a/Source/cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator.cxx
index 0fcfa546fe..794694ea31 100644
--- a/Source/cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator.cxx
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator::cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator(
-  cmMakefile* makefile, std::string binaryDirectory, bool excludeFromAll,
+  cmMakefile* makefile, std::string binaryDirectory,
   cmListFileBacktrace backtrace)
   : cmInstallGenerator("", std::vector<std::string>(), "", MessageDefault,
-                       excludeFromAll, false, std::move(backtrace))
+                       false, false, std::move(backtrace))
   , Makefile(makefile)
   , BinaryDirectory(std::move(binaryDirectory))
 {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ bool cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator::Compute(cmLocalGenerator* lg)
 
 void cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator::GenerateScript(std::ostream& os)
 {
-  if (!this->ExcludeFromAll) {
+  if (!this->Makefile->GetPropertyAsBool("EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL")) {
     cmPolicies::PolicyStatus status =
       this->LocalGenerator->GetPolicyStatus(cmPolicies::CMP0082);
     switch (status) {
diff --git a/Source/cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator.h b/Source/cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator.h
index 614cef9214..f174d07c4a 100644
--- a/Source/cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator : public cmInstallGenerator
 public:
   cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator(cmMakefile* makefile,
                                  std::string binaryDirectory,
-                                 bool excludeFromAll,
                                  cmListFileBacktrace backtrace);
   ~cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator() override;
 
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index 4ffd47bec6..675ff1d8d3 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -1844,7 +1844,7 @@ void cmMakefile::AddSubDirectory(const std::string& srcPath,
   }
 
   this->AddInstallGenerator(cm::make_unique<cmInstallSubdirectoryGenerator>(
-    subMf, binPath, excludeFromAll, this->GetBacktrace()));
+    subMf, binPath, this->GetBacktrace()));
 }
 
 const std::string& cmMakefile::GetCurrentSourceDirectory() const
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-ExcludeFromAll/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-ExcludeFromAll/CMakeLists.txt
index 1bd7f495bf..32bb1a96b6 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-ExcludeFromAll/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-ExcludeFromAll/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 install(CODE "message(STATUS \"exclude\")")
+set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-NEW.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-NEW.cmake
index 56c1b81f79..8ebf21b3d6 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-NEW.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-NEW.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 add_subdirectory(CMP0082)
-add_subdirectory(CMP0082-ExcludeFromAll EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+add_subdirectory(CMP0082-ExcludeFromAll)
 install(CODE "message(STATUS \"top\")")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-OLD.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-OLD.cmake
index 56c1b81f79..8ebf21b3d6 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-OLD.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-OLD.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 add_subdirectory(CMP0082)
-add_subdirectory(CMP0082-ExcludeFromAll EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+add_subdirectory(CMP0082-ExcludeFromAll)
 install(CODE "message(STATUS \"top\")")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-WARN.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-WARN.cmake
index 56c1b81f79..8ebf21b3d6 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-WARN.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/add_subdirectory/CMP0082-WARN.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 add_subdirectory(CMP0082)
-add_subdirectory(CMP0082-ExcludeFromAll EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+add_subdirectory(CMP0082-ExcludeFromAll)
 install(CODE "message(STATUS \"top\")")