diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index fab5120208..31511c87d7 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -2552,7 +2552,6 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::CreateBuildSettings(cmGeneratorTarget* gtgt,
 
   // Store the product name for all target types.
   buildSettings->AddAttribute("PRODUCT_NAME", this->CreateString(realName));
-  buildSettings->AddAttribute("SYMROOT", this->CreateString(pndir));
 
   // Handle settings for each target type.
   switch (gtgt->GetType()) {
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/Clean.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/Clean.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ab7e10c10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/Clean.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+enable_language(C)
+add_subdirectory(Clean)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/Clean/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/Clean/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59e62cb94e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/Clean/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add_library(empty empty.c)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/Clean/empty.c b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/Clean/empty.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index d20f5a61a2..879b38e24a 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/XcodeProject/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 include(RunCMake)
 
+function(RunClean)
+  set(RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR ${RunCMake_BINARY_DIR}/Clean-build)
+  run_cmake(Clean)
+  set(RunCMake_TEST_NO_CLEAN 1)
+  run_cmake_command(Clean-build xcodebuild clean)
+endfunction()
+RunClean()
+
 run_cmake(ExplicitCMakeLists)
 run_cmake(ImplicitCMakeLists)
 run_cmake(InterfaceLibSources)