diff --git a/Source/cmExecutionStatus.h b/Source/cmExecutionStatus.h
index bcacc2f..654922c 100644
--- a/Source/cmExecutionStatus.h
+++ b/Source/cmExecutionStatus.h
@@ -22,15 +22,6 @@
   {
   }
 
-  void Clear()
-  {
-    this->Error = "unknown error.";
-    this->ReturnInvoked = false;
-    this->BreakInvoked = false;
-    this->ContinueInvoked = false;
-    this->NestedError = false;
-  }
-
   cmMakefile& GetMakefile() { return this->Makefile; }
 
   void SetError(std::string const& e) { this->Error = e; }
diff --git a/Source/cmForEachCommand.cxx b/Source/cmForEachCommand.cxx
index 1d961be..a565786 100644
--- a/Source/cmForEachCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmForEachCommand.cxx
@@ -74,9 +74,8 @@
     // set the variable to the loop value
     mf.AddDefinition(this->Args[0], arg);
     // Invoke all the functions that were collected in the block.
-    cmExecutionStatus status(mf);
     for (cmListFileFunction const& func : functions) {
-      status.Clear();
+      cmExecutionStatus status(mf);
       mf.ExecuteCommand(func, status);
       if (status.GetReturnInvoked()) {
         inStatus.SetReturnInvoked();
diff --git a/Source/cmIfCommand.cxx b/Source/cmIfCommand.cxx
index c5cfd8c..7b49ae7 100644
--- a/Source/cmIfCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmIfCommand.cxx
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 {
   cmMakefile& mf = inStatus.GetMakefile();
   // execute the functions for the true parts of the if statement
-  cmExecutionStatus status(mf);
   int scopeDepth = 0;
   for (cmListFileFunction const& func : functions) {
     // keep track of scope depth
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@
 
     // should we execute?
     else if (!this->IsBlocking) {
-      status.Clear();
+      cmExecutionStatus status(mf);
       mf.ExecuteCommand(func, status);
       if (status.GetReturnInvoked()) {
         inStatus.SetReturnInvoked();