diff --git a/clients/nitrogen/CMakeLists.txt b/clients/nitrogen/CMakeLists.txt
index 1fa1432a0b..a9618e58a3 100644
--- a/clients/nitrogen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clients/nitrogen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,25 +27,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
 
 install(TARGETS kwin3_nitrogen  DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR} )
 
-########### next target ###############
-set( conversion_SRCS
-    nitrogenconfiguration.cpp
-    nitrogenexception.cpp
-    nitrogenexceptionlist.cpp
-    nitrogenconvertexceptions.cpp 
-)
-  
-kde4_add_executable(nitrogen-convert-exceptions ${conversion_SRCS})
-
-target_link_libraries( 
-    nitrogen-convert-exceptions 
-    ${KDE4_KDEUI_LIBS} 
-    ${QT_QTXML_LIBRARY}
-  )
-
-install(TARGETS nitrogen-convert-exceptions ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} )
-
 ########### install files ###############
-
 install( FILES nitrogenclient.desktop  DESTINATION  ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/kwin/ )