diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index e691b1eeb5..536a0cb100 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -1365,6 +1365,9 @@ struct cmCompareTargets
   {
     std::string const& a = l->GetTarget()->GetName();
     std::string const& b = r->GetTarget()->GetName();
+    if (a == b) {
+      return false;
+    }
     if (a == "ALL_BUILD"_s) {
       return true;
     }