4 files changed, 1 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx
index 1c7e4b1..7c36144 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx
@@ -349,13 +349,6 @@ std::string cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator::ComputeFlagsForObject(
   if (language.empty()) {
     language = "C";
   }
-
-  // explicitly add the explicit language flag before any other flag
-  // this way backwards compatibility with user flags is maintained
-  if (source->GetProperty("LANGUAGE")) {
-    lg->AppendFeatureOptions(flags, language, "EXPLICIT_LANGUAGE");
-  }
-
   std::string const& config =
     lg->GetMakefile()->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE");
 
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index 766ae72..b40d8ea 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -937,14 +937,6 @@ cmXCodeObject* cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::CreateXCodeSourceFile(
     default:
       break;
   }
-
-  // explicitly add the explicit language flag before any other flag
-  // this way backwards compatibility with user flags is maintained
-  if (sf->GetProperty("LANGUAGE")) {
-    this->CurrentLocalGenerator->AppendFeatureOptions(flags, lang,
-                                                      "EXPLICIT_LANGUAGE");
-  }
-
   const std::string COMPILE_FLAGS("COMPILE_FLAGS");
   if (cmProp cflags = sf->GetProperty(COMPILE_FLAGS)) {
     lg->AppendFlags(flags, genexInterpreter.Evaluate(*cflags, COMPILE_FLAGS));
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index 6e6c8df..3776fec 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -573,13 +573,6 @@ void cmMakefileTargetGenerator::WriteObjectRuleFiles(
   // Build the set of compiler flags.
   std::string flags;
 
-  // explicitly add the explicit language flag before any other flag
-  // this way backwards compatibility with user flags is maintained
-  if (source.GetProperty("LANGUAGE")) {
-    this->LocalGenerator->AppendFeatureOptions(flags, lang,
-                                               "EXPLICIT_LANGUAGE");
-  }
-
   // Add language-specific flags.
   std::string langFlags = cmStrCat("$(", lang, "_FLAGS", filterArch, ")");
   this->LocalGenerator->AppendFlags(flags, langFlags);
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
index 04d84a0..76df9f2 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -190,16 +190,7 @@ std::string cmNinjaTargetGenerator::ComputeFlagsForObject(
     }
   }
 
-  std::string flags;
-  // explicitly add the explicit language flag before any other flag
-  // this way backwards compatibility with user flags is maintained
-  if (source->GetProperty("LANGUAGE")) {
-    this->LocalGenerator->AppendFeatureOptions(flags, language,
-                                               "EXPLICIT_LANGUAGE");
-    flags += " ";
-  }
-
-  flags += this->GetFlags(language, config, filterArch);
+  std::string flags = this->GetFlags(language, config, filterArch);
 
   // Add Fortran format flags.
   if (language == "Fortran") {