diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 0d8c57d220..e056469298 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -610,13 +610,6 @@ void cmTarget::ClearDependencyInformation( cmMakefile& mf,
     }
 }
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-bool cmTarget::NameResolvesToFramework(const std::string& libname) const
-{
-  return this->Makefile->GetGlobalGenerator()->
-    NameResolvesToFramework(libname);
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 std::string cmTarget::GetDebugGeneratorExpressions(const std::string &value,
                                   cmTargetLinkLibraryType llt) const
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.h b/Source/cmTarget.h
index 9ed7f841e0..8a99472e8d 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.h
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ public:
    */
   void ClearDependencyInformation(cmMakefile& mf, const std::string& target);
 
-  // Check to see if a library is a framework and treat it different on Mac
-  bool NameResolvesToFramework(const std::string& libname) const;
   void AddLinkLibrary(cmMakefile& mf,
                       const std::string& target, const std::string& lib,
                       cmTargetLinkLibraryType llt);