diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
index 8ae98e8eac..93ad11919b 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.h
@@ -264,9 +264,6 @@ public:
 
   cmLinkInterface const* GetLinkInterface(
     const std::string& config, const cmGeneratorTarget* headTarget) const;
-  void ComputeLinkInterface(const std::string& config,
-                            cmOptionalLinkInterface& iface,
-                            const cmGeneratorTarget* head) const;
 
   enum class UseTo
   {
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget_Link.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget_Link.cxx
index eaa56390d8..87c41b46de 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget_Link.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget_Link.cxx
@@ -683,13 +683,6 @@ cmLinkInterface const* cmGeneratorTarget::GetLinkInterface(
   return iface.Exists ? &iface : nullptr;
 }
 
-void cmGeneratorTarget::ComputeLinkInterface(
-  const std::string& config, cmOptionalLinkInterface& iface,
-  cmGeneratorTarget const* headTarget) const
-{
-  this->ComputeLinkInterface(config, iface, headTarget, false);
-}
-
 void cmGeneratorTarget::ComputeLinkInterface(
   const std::string& config, cmOptionalLinkInterface& iface,
   cmGeneratorTarget const* headTarget, bool secondPass) const