diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index 40234b17e7..2eecdc0875 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1354,14 +1354,6 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::Configure()
     std::ostringstream msg;
     if (cmSystemTools::GetErrorOccurredFlag()) {
       msg << "Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!";
-      const char* logs[] = { "CMakeOutput.log", "CMakeError.log", nullptr };
-      for (const char** log = logs; *log; ++log) {
-        std::string f = cmStrCat(this->CMakeInstance->GetHomeOutputDirectory(),
-                                 "/CMakeFiles/", *log);
-        if (cmSystemTools::FileExists(f)) {
-          msg << "\nSee also \"" << f << "\".";
-        }
-      }
     } else {
       msg << "Configuring done";
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index 0d947a5c1a..468ff73aeb 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -2416,9 +2416,6 @@ int cmake::ActualConfigure()
   // info to save time
   if (!this->GetIsInTryCompile()) {
     this->GlobalGenerator->ClearEnabledLanguages();
-
-    this->TruncateOutputLog("CMakeOutput.log");
-    this->TruncateOutputLog("CMakeError.log");
   }
 
 #if !defined(CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs-result.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs-result.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index d00491fd7e..0000000000
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs-result.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs-stderr.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ec8c8c2081..0000000000
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs-stderr.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-CMake Error at ErrorLogs.cmake:[0-9]+ \(message\):
-  Some error!
-Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
-  CMakeLists.txt:[0-9]+ \(include\)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs-stdout.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs-stdout.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index c467b6204f..0000000000
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs-stdout.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
--- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
-See also ".*/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput\.log"\.
-See also ".*/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeError\.log"\.
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a9d107bda..0000000000
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/ErrorLogs.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeOutput.log
-  "Some detailed output information!\n")
-file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log
-  "Some detailed error information!\n")
-message(SEND_ERROR "Some error!")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/RunCMakeTest.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/RunCMakeTest.cmake
index 750fa3c2bb..df6849e9c2 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/RunCMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/Configure/RunCMakeTest.cmake
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ include(RunCMake)
 run_cmake(ContinueAfterError)
 run_cmake(CopyFileABI)
 run_cmake(CustomTargetAfterError)
-run_cmake(ErrorLogs)
 
 # Use a single build tree for a few tests without cleaning.
 set(RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR ${RunCMake_BINARY_DIR}/RerunCMake-build)