diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.h
index b76db10e3a..3e20ada2d4 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.h
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ protected:
   using UtilityDependsMap = std::map<cmGeneratorTarget const*, std::string>;
   UtilityDependsMap UtilityDepends;
 
-protected:
   VSVersion Version;
   bool ExpressEdition;
 
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
index 60e9736e3b..166cdf7bb7 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ private:
   void WriteStdOutEncodingUtf8(Elem& e1);
   void UpdateCache();
 
-private:
   friend class cmVS10GeneratorOptions;
   using Options = cmVS10GeneratorOptions;
   using OptionsMap = std::map<std::string, std::unique_ptr<Options>>;