diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f08a4366..356617a1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -306,16 +306,6 @@ install(
     DESTINATION ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/cmake/modules
 )
 
-# run a script before installing the exports files which deletes previously
-# installed configuration specific export files, if the main exports file has
-# changed this makes sure it doesn't include older and different configuration
-# specific exports files, which might have a different set of targets or
-# targets with different names.
-install(
-    CODE "set(EXPORT_FILES KDELibs4LibraryTargets.cmake KDELibs4ToolsTargets.cmake)"
-    CODE "set(EXPORT_INSTALL_DIR \"${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/cmake/modules\")"
-    SCRIPT "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules/check_installed_exports_file.cmake"
-)
 install(
     EXPORT kdelibsLibraryTargets
     NAMESPACE ${KDE4_TARGET_PREFIX}
diff --git a/cmake/modules/check_installed_exports_file.cmake b/cmake/modules/check_installed_exports_file.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index d1d0c718..00000000
--- a/cmake/modules/check_installed_exports_file.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-
-# This file is executed via install(SCRIPT).
-# This means it is include()d into the cmake_install.cmake file
-# Due to this the following variables already have the correct value:
-# CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX
-# CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR
-#
-# Additionally the following two variables have to be set:
-# EXPORT_INSTALL_DIR - set it to the install destination
-# EXPORT_FILES  - the filenames of the exports file
-#
-# Alex
-
-
-# put all the code into a function so all variables used here are local
-# which makes sure including this file multiple times in a cmake_install.cmake works
-function(CHECK_INSTALLED_EXPORTS_FILE _filename)
-
-   # get the absolute install directory, consider absolute and relative paths and also DESTDIR
-   if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${EXPORT_INSTALL_DIR}")
-      set(installDir "$ENV{DESTDIR}${EXPORT_INSTALL_DIR}")
-   else(IS_ABSOLUTE "${EXPORT_INSTALL_DIR}")
-      set(installDir "$ENV{DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${EXPORT_INSTALL_DIR}")
-   endif(IS_ABSOLUTE "${EXPORT_INSTALL_DIR}")
-
-   set(installedExportsFile "${installDir}/${_filename}")
-
-   #message(STATUS "************ bin dir: ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
-   #message(STATUS "************ prefix: ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
-   #message(STATUS "************ exportsfile: ${installedExportsFile}")
-
-   # if the file already exists at the install location, and if we can
-   # find the exports file in the build dir, read both, and if their contents differ,
-   # remove all configuration-specific exports files from the install dir, since
-   # they may create conflicts if the new targets have been added/targets have been 
-   # removed/ targets have been renamed/ the namespace for the exported targets has changed
-   if(EXISTS "${installedExportsFile}")
-      if (${EXPORT_INSTALL_DIR} MATCHES "^(/)(.+)$")
-         set(binaryDirExportFileDir "_${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
-         set(binaryDirExportsFile "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/Export/${binaryDirExportFileDir}/${_filename}")
-      else (${EXPORT_INSTALL_DIR} MATCHES "^(/)(.+)$")
-         set(binaryDirExportsFile "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/Export/${EXPORT_INSTALL_DIR}/${_filename}")
-      endif (${EXPORT_INSTALL_DIR} MATCHES "^(/)(.+)$")
-
-   #   message(STATUS "************* binaryDirExportsFile: ${binaryDirExportsFile}")
-
-      if(EXISTS "${binaryDirExportsFile}") 
-         file(READ "${installedExportsFile}" installedExportsFileContents)
-         file(READ "${binaryDirExportsFile}" binaryDirExportsFileContents)
-
-         if(NOT "${installedExportsFileContents}" STREQUAL "${binaryDirExportsFileContents}")
-
-            if("${_filename}" MATCHES "^(.+)(\\.cmake)$")
-               message(STATUS "XXX Installed and new ${_filename} differ, removing installed ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}-*.cmake files")
-               file(GLOB exportFiles "${installDir}/${CMAKE_MATCH_1}-*.cmake")
-#               message(STATUS "XXX files: ${exportFiles}")
-               file(REMOVE ${exportFiles})
-            endif("${_filename}" MATCHES "^(.+)(\\.cmake)$")
-         else(NOT "${installedExportsFileContents}" STREQUAL "${binaryDirExportsFileContents}")
-#            message(STATUS "XXX FILES ${_filename} are the same")
-         endif(NOT "${installedExportsFileContents}" STREQUAL "${binaryDirExportsFileContents}")
-
-      endif(EXISTS "${binaryDirExportsFile}") 
-
-   endif(EXISTS "${installedExportsFile}")
-
-endfunction(CHECK_INSTALLED_EXPORTS_FILE)
-
-# call the function for each exports file
-foreach(_currentExportsFile ${EXPORT_FILES})
-   check_installed_exports_file("${_currentExportsFile}")
-endforeach(_currentExportsFile ${EXPORT_FILES})
-