diff --git a/CMakeExternals/SimpleITK.cmake b/CMakeExternals/SimpleITK.cmake
index cf1a191f87..1a111db742 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/SimpleITK.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/SimpleITK.cmake
@@ -1,89 +1,87 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # SimpleITK
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 if(MITK_USE_SimpleITK)
 
  # Sanity checks
  if(DEFINED SimpleITK_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${SimpleITK_DIR})
    message(FATAL_ERROR "SimpleITK_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
  endif()
 
   set(proj SimpleITK)
   set(proj_DEPENDENCIES ITK GDCM Swig)
 
   if(MITK_USE_OpenCV)
     list(APPEND proj_DEPENDENCIES OpenCV)
   endif()
 
   if(NOT MITK_USE_SYSTEM_PYTHON)
     list(APPEND proj_DEPENDENCIES Python)
   endif()
 
   set(SimpleITK_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   if(NOT DEFINED SimpleITK_DIR)
 
     set(additional_cmake_args )
 
     list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
          -DWRAP_CSHARP:BOOL=OFF
          -DWRAP_TCL:BOOL=OFF
          -DWRAP_LUA:BOOL=OFF
          -DWRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=OFF
         )
 
     if(MITK_USE_Python)
       list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
         -DWRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=ON
           )
     endif(MITK_USE_Python)
 
     if(MITK_USE_OpenCV)
       list(APPEND additional_cmake_args
            -DOpenCV_DIR:PATH=${OpenCV_DIR}
           )
     endif()
 
     set(SimpleITK_PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DTEMPLATE_FILE:FILEPATH=${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExternals/EmptyFileForPatching.dummy -P ${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExternals/PatchSimpleITK.cmake)
 
     ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
        URL "https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8367205/ExternalProjects/SimpleITK.tar.gz"
        URL_MD5 "7cfa5d0ff79a540f4bcfaf992abe44d2"
        #GIT_TAG "493f15f5cfc620413d0aa7bb705ffe6d038a41b5"
        SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src
        BINARY_DIR ${proj}-build
        PREFIX ${proj}-cmake
-       INSTALL_DIR ${proj}-install
        PATCH_COMMAND ${SimpleITK_PATCH_COMMAND}
        CMAKE_ARGS
          ${ep_common_args}
-         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<INSTALL_DIR>
        CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
          ${additional_cmake_args}
          -DSimpleITK_BUILD_DISTRIBUTE:BOOL=ON
          -DSimpleITK_PYTHON_THREADS:BOOL=ON
          -DUSE_SYSTEM_ITK:BOOL=ON
          -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF
          -DBUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF
          -DGDCM_DIR:PATH=${GDCM_DIR}
          -DITK_DIR:PATH=${ITK_DIR}
          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
          -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR}
          -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR2:PATH=${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR2}
          -DPYTHON_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=${PYTHON_LIBRARY}
          -DSWIG_DIR:PATH=${SWIG_DIR}
          -DSWIG_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=${SWIG_EXECUTABLE}
        DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
       )
 
     set(SimpleITK_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-build)
 
   else()
 
     mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
 
   endif()
 
 endif()