diff --git a/kmail/CMakeLists.txt b/kmail/CMakeLists.txt
index e3022d55..ac30ce66 100644
--- a/kmail/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kmail/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,24 +129,6 @@ install( FILES
   DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/kmail/plugins/bodypartformatter )
 
 
-##### helper ####################################
-
-macro( process_kcfg _who _out _path _kcfg _kcfgc )
-  add_custom_command( OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${_path}/${_out}
-    COMMAND
-      mkdir -p ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${_path}
-    COMMAND ${KDE3_KCFGC_EXECUTABLE}
-      -d ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${_path}
-      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${_path}/${_kcfg}
-      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${_path}/${_kcfgc}
-    DEPENDS
-      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${_path}/${_kcfg}
-      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${_path}/${_kcfgc} )
-  set_property( SOURCE ${_who} APPEND
-    PROPERTY OBJECT_DEPENDS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${_path}/${_out} )
-endmacro()
-
-
 ##### kmailprivate (shared) #####################
 
 set( target kmailprivate )
@@ -206,9 +188,6 @@ set( KDE3_DCOPIDL_EXECUTABLE ${KDE3_DCOPIDLNG_EXECUTABLE} )
 tde_add_dcop_skels( ${target}_SRCS kmailIface.h kmailicalIface.h )
 tde_restore( KDE3_DCOPIDL_EXECUTABLE )
 
-process_kcfg( globalsettings.h globalsettings_base.h kmail
-    kmail.kcfg globalsettings_base.kcfgc )
-
 add_custom_target( kmail_settings_base
   DEPENDS
     ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/kmail/globalsettings_base.h