diff --git a/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/MitkPABeamformingTool/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/MitkPABeamformingTool/CMakeLists.txt
index 73ded2d3cf..3bd8ae1dec 100644
--- a/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/MitkPABeamformingTool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/PhotoacousticsAlgorithms/MitkPABeamformingTool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-OPTION(BUILD_PhotoacousticBeamformingTool "Build MiniApp for beamforming of a PA image" ON)
+OPTION(BUILD_PhotoacousticBeamformingTool "Build MiniApp for beamforming of a PA image" OFF)
 
 IF(BUILD_PhotoacousticBeamformingTool)
   PROJECT( MitkPABeamformingTool )
     mitk_create_executable(PABeamformingTool
       DEPENDS MitkCommandLine MitkCore MitkPhotoacousticsAlgorithms
       PACKAGE_DEPENDS
       CPP_FILES PABeamformingTool.cpp)
 
   install(TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
  ENDIF()
diff --git a/Modules/PhotoacousticsLib/MitkPAPhantomGenerator/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/PhotoacousticsLib/MitkPAPhantomGenerator/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c8dcb7fba..8ebf2fa24d 100644
--- a/Modules/PhotoacousticsLib/MitkPAPhantomGenerator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/PhotoacousticsLib/MitkPAPhantomGenerator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-OPTION(BUILD_PhotoacousticPhantomGenerator "Build MiniApp for generating a PA phantom in silico" ON)
+OPTION(BUILD_PhotoacousticPhantomGenerator "Build MiniApp for generating a PA phantom in silico" OFF)
 
 IF(BUILD_PhotoacousticPhantomGenerator)
   PROJECT( MitkPAPhantomGenerator )
     mitk_create_executable(PAPhantomGenerator
       DEPENDS MitkCommandLine MitkCore MitkPhotoacousticsLib
       PACKAGE_DEPENDS
       CPP_FILES PAPhantomGenerator.cpp)
 
   install(TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
  ENDIF()
diff --git a/Modules/PhotoacousticsLib/MitkTissueBatchGenerator/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/PhotoacousticsLib/MitkTissueBatchGenerator/CMakeLists.txt
index 73a948b462..7158831299 100644
--- a/Modules/PhotoacousticsLib/MitkTissueBatchGenerator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/PhotoacousticsLib/MitkTissueBatchGenerator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-OPTION(BUILD_PhotoacousticTissueBatchGenerator "Build MiniApp for batch generating of photoacoustic tissue" ON)
+OPTION(BUILD_PhotoacousticTissueBatchGenerator "Build MiniApp for batch generating of photoacoustic tissue" OFF)
 
 IF(BUILD_PhotoacousticTissueBatchGenerator)
   PROJECT( MitkTissueBatchGenerator )
     mitk_create_executable(TissueBatchGenerator
       DEPENDS MitkCommandLine MitkCore MitkPhotoacousticsLib
       PACKAGE_DEPENDS
       CPP_FILES TissueBatchGenerator.cpp)
 
   install(TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE_TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
  ENDIF()