diff --git a/CMakeExternals/PatchSimpleITK.cmake b/CMakeExternals/PatchSimpleITK.cmake
index 30b6c00e0c..50ac0ce40b 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/PatchSimpleITK.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/PatchSimpleITK.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Called by ITK.cmake (ExternalProject_Add) as a patch for ITK to work with external GDCM 2.2.1
+# and remove all itk video libs to resolve external windows linker errors with opencv
 
 set(path "CMakeLists.txt")
 file(STRINGS ${path} contents NEWLINE_CONSUME)
-string(REPLACE "ITK_LIBRARY_DIRS}\")" "ITK_LIBRARY_DIRS}\" \"\${GDCM_DIR}/bin\" \"\${OpenCV_DIR}/lib\")" contents ${contents})
+string(REPLACE "ITK_LIBRARY_DIRS}\")" "ITK_LIBRARY_DIRS}\" \"\${GDCM_DIR}/bin\")
+               list(REMOVE_ITEM ITK_LIBRARIES ITKVideoBridgeOpenCV ITKVideoCore ITKVideoIO)" contents ${contents})
 set(CONTENTS ${contents})
 configure_file(${TEMPLATE_FILE} ${path} @ONLY)