diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 9344f1d78f..b3fe3b0a35 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ cmLocalGenerator::cmLocalGenerator(cmGlobalGenerator* gg,
   assert(snapshot.IsValid());
   this->GlobalGenerator = gg;
   this->Parent = parent;
-  if (parent)
-    {
-    parent->AddChild(this);
-    }
 
   this->Makefile = new cmMakefile(this);
 
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
index 1c18788eb3..915814babb 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
@@ -89,11 +89,6 @@ public:
   ///! set/get the parent generator
   cmLocalGenerator* GetParent() const {return this->Parent;}
 
-  ///! set/get the children
-  void AddChild(cmLocalGenerator* g) { this->Children.push_back(g); }
-  std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*>& GetChildren() { return this->Children; }
-
-
   void AddArchitectureFlags(std::string& flags,
                             cmGeneratorTarget const* target,
                             const std::string&lang, const std::string& config);
@@ -349,7 +344,6 @@ protected:
   cmState::Snapshot StateSnapshot;
   cmGlobalGenerator *GlobalGenerator;
   cmLocalGenerator* Parent;
-  std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*> Children;
   std::map<std::string, std::string> UniqueObjectNamesMap;
   std::string::size_type ObjectPathMax;
   std::set<std::string> ObjectMaxPathViolations;