diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index ee9ea3c3b9..f0152c25d2 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1556,6 +1556,7 @@ bool cmGlobalGenerator::QtAutoGen()
 bool cmGlobalGenerator::AddAutomaticSources()
 {
   for (cmLocalGenerator* lg : this->LocalGenerators) {
+    lg->CreateEvaluationFileOutputs();
     for (cmGeneratorTarget* gt : lg->GetGeneratorTargets()) {
       if (gt->GetType() == cmStateEnums::INTERFACE_LIBRARY) {
         continue;
@@ -3095,14 +3096,6 @@ cmGlobalGenerator::GetFilenameTargetDepends(cmSourceFile* sf) const
   return this->FilenameTargetDepends[sf];
 }
 
-void cmGlobalGenerator::CreateEvaluationSourceFiles(
-  std::string const& config) const
-{
-  for (cmLocalGenerator* localGen : this->LocalGenerators) {
-    localGen->CreateEvaluationFileOutputs(config);
-  }
-}
-
 void cmGlobalGenerator::ProcessEvaluationFiles()
 {
   std::vector<std::string> generatedFiles;
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
index 9e30b8f40b..f25ff7b77e 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
@@ -457,8 +457,6 @@ public:
 
   bool GenerateCPackPropertiesFile();
 
-  void CreateEvaluationSourceFiles(std::string const& config) const;
-
   void SetFilenameTargetDepends(
     cmSourceFile* sf, std::set<cmGeneratorTarget const*> const& tgts);
   const std::set<const cmGeneratorTarget*>& GetFilenameTargetDepends(
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index ccd70a32f4..fc027f6c11 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -263,11 +263,6 @@ static void MoveSystemIncludesToEnd(std::vector<BT<std::string>>& includeDirs,
 
 void cmLocalGenerator::TraceDependencies()
 {
-  std::vector<std::string> const& configs =
-    this->Makefile->GetGeneratorConfigs();
-  for (std::string const& c : configs) {
-    this->GlobalGenerator->CreateEvaluationSourceFiles(c);
-  }
   // Generate the rule files for each target.
   const std::vector<cmGeneratorTarget*>& targets = this->GetGeneratorTargets();
   for (cmGeneratorTarget* target : targets) {
@@ -360,6 +355,15 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::GenerateTestFiles()
   }
 }
 
+void cmLocalGenerator::CreateEvaluationFileOutputs()
+{
+  std::vector<std::string> const& configs =
+    this->Makefile->GetGeneratorConfigs();
+  for (std::string const& c : configs) {
+    this->CreateEvaluationFileOutputs(c);
+  }
+}
+
 void cmLocalGenerator::CreateEvaluationFileOutputs(std::string const& config)
 {
   std::vector<cmGeneratorExpressionEvaluationFile*> ef =
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
index 14d05ad951..7358672b19 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ public:
 
   void IssueMessage(MessageType t, std::string const& text) const;
 
+  void CreateEvaluationFileOutputs();
   void CreateEvaluationFileOutputs(const std::string& config);
   void ProcessEvaluationFiles(std::vector<std::string>& generatedFiles);