diff --git a/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake b/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake
index 3486a1a565..40e4958e87 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/DCMTK.cmake
@@ -1,56 +1,62 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # DCMTK
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 IF(MITK_USE_DCMTK)
 
   # Sanity checks
   IF(DEFINED DCMTK_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${DCMTK_DIR})
     MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "DCMTK_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
   ENDIF()
   
   SET(proj DCMTK)
   SET(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
   SET(DCMTK_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   IF(NOT DEFINED DCMTK_DIR)
+  
+    SET(revision_tag ae3b946f)
+    #IF(${proj}_REVISION_TAG)
+    #  SET(revision_tag ${${proj}_REVISION_TAG})
+    #ENDIF()
+  
     IF(UNIX)
       SET(DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS "-fPIC")
       SET(DCMTK_C_FLAGS "-fPIC")
     ENDIF(UNIX)
     IF(DCMTK_DICOM_ROOT_ID)
       SET(DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS "${DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS} -DSITE_UID_ROOT=\\\"${DCMTK_DICOM_ROOT_ID}\\\"")
       SET(DCMTK_C_FLAGS "${DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS} -DSITE_UID_ROOT=\\\"${DCMTK_DICOM_ROOT_ID}\\\"")
     ENDIF()
     ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
       SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src
       BINARY_DIR ${proj}-build
       PREFIX ${proj}-cmake
-      URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/dcmtk-3.6.0.tar.gz
-      URL_MD5 19409e039e29a330893caea98715390e
+      URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/dcmtk-3.6.1_20120222.tar.gz
+      URL_MD5 86fa9e0f91e4e0c6b44d513ea48391d6
       INSTALL_DIR ${proj}-install
-      PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DTEMPLATE_FILE:FILEPATH=${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExternals/EmptyFileForPatching.dummy -P ${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExternals/PatchDCMTK-3.6.cmake 
       CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
       CMAKE_ARGS
          ${ep_common_args}
          -DDCMTK_OVERWRITE_WIN32_COMPILER_FLAGS:BOOL=OFF
          -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF
          "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=${ep_common_CXX_FLAGS} ${DCMTK_CXX_FLAGS}"
          "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING=${ep_common_C_FLAGS} ${DCMTK_C_FLAGS}"
          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-install
+         -DDCMTK_WITH_DOXYGEN:BOOL=OFF
          -DDCMTK_WITH_ZLIB:BOOL=OFF # see bug #9894
          -DDCMTK_WITH_OPENSSL:BOOL=OFF # see bug #9894
          -DDCMTK_WITH_PNG:BOOL=OFF # see bug #9894
          -DDCMTK_WITH_TIFF:BOOL=OFF  # see bug #9894
          -DDCMTK_WITH_XML:BOOL=OFF  # see bug #9894
          -DDCMTK_FORCE_FPIC_ON_UNIX:BOOL=ON
       DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
       )
     SET(DCMTK_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-install)
     
   ELSE()
   
     mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
   
   ENDIF()
 ENDIF()     
diff --git a/CMakeExternals/PatchDCMTK-3.6.cmake b/CMakeExternals/PatchDCMTK-3.6.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 88a21613de..0000000000
--- a/CMakeExternals/PatchDCMTK-3.6.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Called by DCMTK.cmake (ExternalProject_Add) as a patch for DCMTK.
-# Makes pdf2dcm use "DOC" as modality for Encapsulated PDFs
-
-#message ("Patching dcmdata/apps/pdf2dcm.cc to use modality 'DOC'. Using template ${TEMPLATE_FILE}")
-
-# read whole file
-file(STRINGS dcmdata/apps/pdf2dcm.cc sourceCode NEWLINE_CONSUME)
-
-# substitute "OT" for "DOC" (only single occurence where modality tag is set)
-string(REGEX REPLACE "\"OT\"" "\"DOC\"" sourceCode ${sourceCode})
-
-# set variable CONTENTS, which is substituted in TEMPLATE_FILE
-set(CONTENTS ${sourceCode})
-configure_file(${TEMPLATE_FILE} dcmdata/apps/pdf2dcm.cc @ONLY)
-