diff --git a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
index d9369e6e7b..8e20c14e83 100644
--- a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
@@ -685,8 +685,7 @@ void cmCoreTryCompile::FindOutputFile(const std::string& targetName)
     command += tmpOutputFile;
     if(cmSystemTools::FileExists(command.c_str()))
       {
-      tmpOutputFile = cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(command);
-      this->OutputFile = tmpOutputFile;
+      this->OutputFile = cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(command);
       return;
       }
     }