diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9880d56591..ae1359efec 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ configure_file(Utilities/std/cmSTL.hxx.in Utilities/cmSTL.hxx @ONLY)
 # set the internal encoding of CMake to UTF-8
 set(KWSYS_ENCODING_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE CP_UTF8)
 
-# disable translation map
-set(KWSYS_SYSTEMTOOLS_USE_TRANSLATION_MAP 0)
-
 # option to use COMPONENT with install command
 option(CMake_INSTALL_COMPONENTS "Using components when installing" OFF)
 mark_as_advanced(CMake_INSTALL_COMPONENTS)
diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index a99880bba5..db894ea183 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -844,7 +844,6 @@ cmake_kwsys_config_replace_string ()
               s/@KWSYS_NAME_IS_KWSYS@/${KWSYS_NAME_IS_KWSYS}/g;
               s/@KWSYS_STL_HAS_WSTRING@/${KWSYS_STL_HAS_WSTRING}/g;
               s/@KWSYS_CXX_HAS_EXT_STDIO_FILEBUF_H@/${KWSYS_CXX_HAS_EXT_STDIO_FILEBUF_H}/g;
-              s/@KWSYS_SYSTEMTOOLS_USE_TRANSLATION_MAP@/${KWSYS_SYSTEMTOOLS_USE_TRANSLATION_MAP}/g;
              }" "${INFILE}" >> "${OUTFILE}${_tmp}"
     if test -f "${OUTFILE}${_tmp}"; then
       if "${_diff}" "${OUTFILE}" "${OUTFILE}${_tmp}" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null ; then
@@ -1564,7 +1563,6 @@ KWSYS_CXX_HAS_UNSETENV=0
 KWSYS_CXX_HAS_ENVIRON_IN_STDLIB_H=0
 KWSYS_CXX_HAS_UTIMENSAT=0
 KWSYS_CXX_HAS_UTIMES=0
-KWSYS_SYSTEMTOOLS_USE_TRANSLATION_MAP=0
 
 if cmake_try_run "${cmake_cxx_compiler}" \
   "${cmake_cxx_flags} ${cmake_ld_flags} -DTEST_KWSYS_CXX_HAS_SETENV" \