diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index d1c03a2433..b7ee42004f 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -2939,10 +2939,9 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::CopyPchCompilePdb(
     std::string const from_file =
       replaceExtension(reuseTarget->GetCompilePDBPath(config), extension);
     std::string const to_dir = target->GetCompilePDBDirectory(config);
-    std::string const to_file = cmStrCat(
-      replaceExtension(reuseTarget->GetCompilePDBName(config), extension),
-      '/');
-    std::string const dest_file = cmStrCat(to_dir, to_file);
+    std::string const to_file =
+      replaceExtension(reuseTarget->GetCompilePDBName(config), extension);
+    std::string const dest_file = cmStrCat(to_dir, '/', to_file);
 
     file << "foreach(retry RANGE 1 30)\n";
     file << "  if (EXISTS \"" << from_file << "\" AND (NOT EXISTS \""