diff --git a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_GLUT_Config.cmake b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_GLUT_Config.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index a23f9ad09f..0000000000
--- a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_GLUT_Config.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-list(APPEND ALL_LIBRARIES ${GLUT_LIBRARIES})
-if(GLUT_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-  list(APPEND ALL_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${GLUT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-endif()
diff --git a/CMakeExternals/ExternalProjectList.cmake b/CMakeExternals/ExternalProjectList.cmake
index a3fe925b3b..69a55fd803 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/ExternalProjectList.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/ExternalProjectList.cmake
@@ -1,43 +1,42 @@
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME Poco        ON  COMPONENTS Foundation Net Util XML Zip)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME DCMTK       ON  DOC "EXPERIMENTAL, superbuild only: Use DCMTK in MITK")
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME OpenIGTLink OFF)
 
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME tinyxml     ON  ADVANCED)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME GDCM        ON  ADVANCED)
-mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME GLUT        OFF ADVANCED)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME Raptor2     OFF ADVANCED)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME Eigen       ON  ADVANCED DOC "Use the Eigen library")
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME ANN         ON  ADVANCED DOC "Use Approximate Nearest Neighbor Library")
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME CppUnit     ON  ADVANCED DOC "Use CppUnit for unit tests")
 
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME PCRE        OFF ADVANCED NO_PACKAGE)
 
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME HDF5        ON ADVANCED)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME OpenMP      ON)
 
 # -----------------------------------------
 # The following external projects must be
 # ordered according to their
 # inter-dependencies
 
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME SWIG      OFF ADVANCED NO_PACKAGE DEPENDS PCRE)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME Python    OFF)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME OpenCV    OFF)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME Vigra     OFF          DEPENDS HDF5)
 
 # These are "hard" dependencies and always set to ON
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME ITK       ON           NO_CACHE DEPENDS HDF5)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME VTK       ON           NO_CACHE)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME Boost     ON           NO_CACHE)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME ZLIB      OFF          ADVANCED)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME cpprestsdk OFF         DEPENDS Boost ZLIB ADVANCED)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME ACVD      OFF          DOC "Use Approximated Centroidal Voronoi Diagrams")
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME CTK       ON           DEPENDS Qt5 DCMTK DOC "Use CTK in MITK")
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME Rasqal    OFF          DEPENDS Raptor2 PCRE ADVANCED)
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME Redland   OFF          DEPENDS Rasqal DOC "Use the Redland RDF library")
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME DCMQI     ON           DEPENDS DCMTK ITK DOC "Use dcmqi in MITK")
 mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME MatchPoint  OFF ADVANCED  DEPENDS ITK DOC "Use the MatchPoint translation image registration library")
 
 if(MITK_USE_Qt5)
   mitkFunctionAddExternalProject(NAME Qwt     ON  ADVANCED DEPENDS Qt5)
 endif()
diff --git a/CMakeExternals/GLUT.cmake b/CMakeExternals/GLUT.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 15cf36455c..0000000000
--- a/CMakeExternals/GLUT.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# freeglut
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-if(MITK_USE_GLUT)
-  # Sanity checks
-  if(DEFINED GLUT_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${GLUT_DIR})
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "GLUT_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
-  endif()
-
-  set(proj GLUT)
-  set(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
-  set(${proj}_DEPENDS ${proj})
-
-  if(NOT DEFINED GLUT_DIR)
-
-    if(APPLE)
-      find_library(GLUT_LIBRARY GLUT)
-      # add_library(GLUT SHARED IMPORTED)
-      # set_property(TARGET GLUT PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GLUT_LIBRARY})
-      mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
-      get_filename_component(GLUT_DIR ${GLUT_LIBRARY} PATH)
-    else()
-      set(patch_cmd ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -Dproj:STRING=${proj} -Dproj_target:STRING=freeglut -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/GenerateDefaultCMakeBuildSystem.cmake)
-
-      set(additional_args )
-      if(CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS)
-        list(APPEND additional_args
-          "-DCMAKE_PROJECT_${proj}_INCLUDE:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CTestUseLaunchers.cmake"
-        )
-      endif()
-
-      ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
-         LIST_SEPARATOR ${sep}
-         URL http://mitk.org/download/thirdparty/freeglut-2.8.1.tar.gz
-         URL_MD5 918ffbddcffbac83c218bc52355b6d5a
-         PATCH_COMMAND ${patch_cmd}
-         CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
-         CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM ${gen_platform}
-         CMAKE_ARGS
-           ${ep_common_args}
-           ${additional_args}
-         CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
-           ${ep_common_cache_args}
-         CMAKE_CACHE_DEFAULT_ARGS
-           ${ep_common_cache_default_args}
-         DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
-        )
-
-      set(GLUT_DIR ${ep_prefix})
-      mitkFunctionInstallExternalCMakeProject(${proj})
-
-    endif()
-
-  else()
-
-    mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
-
-  endif()
-
-endif()
diff --git a/CMakeExternals/GLUTCMakeLists.txt b/CMakeExternals/GLUTCMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a66b4fe14..0000000000
--- a/CMakeExternals/GLUTCMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,387 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.4)
-
-project(GLUT)
-
-set(${PROJECT_NAME}_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
-set(${PROJECT_NAME}_MINOR_VERSION 8)
-set(${PROJECT_NAME}_PATCH_VERSION 1)
-set(${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION ${${PROJECT_NAME}_MAJOR_VERSION}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_MINOR_VERSION}.${${PROJECT_NAME}_PATCH_VERSION})
-
-find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
-
-set(_include_dirs
-  ${OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR}
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-)
-
-if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  add_definitions(-DFREEGLUT_STATIC)
-endif()
-
-if(MSVC)
-  add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
-endif()
-
-add_definitions(-DHAVE_CONFIG_H)
-
-find_file(ERRNO_H errno.h)
-find_file(FCNTL_H fcntl.h)
-find_file(LIMITS_H limits.h)
-find_file(STDBOOL_H stdbool.h)
-find_file(SYS_IOCTL_H sys/ioctl.h)
-find_file(SYS_PARAM_H sys/param.h)
-find_file(SYS_TIME_H sys/time.h)
-find_file(SYS_TYPES_H sys/types.h)
-find_file(UNISTD_H unistd.h)
-find_file(USBHID_H usbhid.h)
-find_file(X11_EXTENSIONS_XF86VMODE_H X11/extensions/xf86vmode.h)
-find_file(X11_EXTENSIONS_XINPUT2_H X11/extensions/XInput2.h)
-find_file(X11_EXTENSIONS_XRANDR_H X11/extensions/Xrandr.h)
-
-mark_as_advanced(
-  ERRNO_H
-  FCNTL_H
-  LIMITS_H
-  STDBOOL_H
-  SYS_IOCTL_H
-  SYS_PARAM_H
-  SYS_TIME_H
-  SYS_TYPES_H
-  UNISTD_H
-  USBHID_H
-  X11_EXTENSIONS_XF86VMODE_H
-  X11_EXTENSIONS_XINPUT2_H
-  X11_EXTENSIONS_XRANDR_H)
-
-if (SYS_TIME_H)
-  file(WRITE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/gettimeofday.c
-"#include <sys/time.h>
-
-int main()
-{
-  struct timeval tv;
-  gettimeofday(&tv, 0);
-  return 0;
-}
-")
-
-  try_compile(GETTIMEOFDAY
-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMake/gettimeofday
-    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/gettimeofday.c)
-endif()
-
-file(WRITE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/vprintf.c
-"#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-
-void test_vprintf(const char *format, ...)
-{
-  va_list args;
-
-  va_start(args, format);
-  vprintf(format, args);
-  va_end(args);
-}
-
-int main()
-{
-  test_vprintf(\"%d %s\\n\", 42, \"forty-two\");
-  return 0;
-}
-")
-
-try_compile(VPRINTF
-  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMake/vprintf
-  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/vprintf.c)
-
-if(NOT VPRINTF)
-  file(WRITE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/_doprnt.c
-"#include <stdio.h>
-
-int main()
-{
-  int args[] = { 23, 42 };
-  _doprnt(\"%d %d\\n\", args, stdout);
-  return 0;
-}
-")
-
-  try_compile(_DOPRNT
-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMake/_doprnt
-    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/_doprnt.c)
-endif()
-
-file(WRITE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/vfprintf.c
-"#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-
-void test_vfprintf(FILE *stream, const char *format, ...)
-{
-  va_list args;
-
-  va_start(args, format);
-  vfprintf(stream, format, args);
-  va_end(args);
-}
-
-int main()
-{
-  test_vfprintf(stdout, \"%d %s\\n\", 42, \"forty-two\");
-  return 0;
-}
-")
-
-try_compile(VFPRINTF
-  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMake/vfprintf
-  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/vfprintf.c)
-
-if(SYS_TIME_H AND SYS_TYPES_H)
-  file(WRITE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/time_with_sys_time.c
-"#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <time.h>
-
-int main()
-{
-  if ((struct tm *)0)
-    return 0;
-
-  return 0;
-}
-")
-
-  try_compile(TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME
-    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMake/time_with_sys_time
-    ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/time_with_sys_time.c)
-endif()
-
-file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/config.h.in config_h_in NEWLINE_CONSUME)
-
-if(_DOPRNT)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE__DOPRNT"
-    "#define HAVE__DOPRNT 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(ERRNO_H)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_ERRNO_H"
-    "#define HAVE_ERRNO_H 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(FCNTL_H)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_FCNTL_H"
-    "#define HAVE_FCNTL_H 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(GETTIMEOFDAY)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY"
-    "#define HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(LIMITS_H)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_LIMITS_H"
-    "#define HAVE_LIMITS_H 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(SYS_IOCTL_H)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H"
-    "#define HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(SYS_PARAM_H)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H"
-    "#define HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(SYS_TIME_H)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H"
-    "#define HAVE_SYS_TIME_H 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(SYS_TYPES_H)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H"
-    "#define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(UNISTD_H)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_UNISTD_H"
-    "#define HAVE_UNISTD_H 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(USBHID_H)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_USBHID_H"
-    "#define HAVE_USBHID_H 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(VFPRINTF)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_VFPRINTF"
-    "#define HAVE_VFPRINTF 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(X11_EXTENSIONS_XF86VMODE_H)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_X11_EXTENSIONS_XF86VMODE_H"
-    "#define HAVE_X11_EXTENSIONS_XF86VMODE_H 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(X11_EXTENSIONS_XINPUT2_H)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_X11_EXTENSIONS_XINPUT2_H"
-    "#define HAVE_X11_EXTENSIONS_XINPUT2_H 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(X11_EXTENSIONS_XRANDR_H)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef HAVE_X11_EXTENSIONS_XRANDR_H"
-    "#define HAVE_X11_EXTENSIONS_XRANDR_H 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-if(TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME)
-  string(REPLACE
-    "#undef TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME"
-    "#define TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME 1"
-    config_h_in
-    "${config_h_in}")
-endif()
-
-file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/config.h "${config_h_in}")
-
-if(STDBOOL_H)
-  file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/config.h "\n#define HAVE_STDBOOL_H 1\n")
-endif()
-
-set(freeglut_HEADERS
-  include/GL/freeglut.h
-  include/GL/freeglut_ext.h
-  include/GL/freeglut_std.h
-  include/GL/glut.h
-  src/freeglut_internal.h
-  src/freeglut_teapot_data.h
-)
-
-set(freeglut_SOURCES
-  src/freeglut_callbacks.c
-  src/freeglut_cursor.c
-  src/freeglut_display.c
-  src/freeglut_ext.c
-  src/freeglut_font.c
-  src/freeglut_font_data.c
-  src/freeglut_gamemode.c
-  src/freeglut_geometry.c
-  src/freeglut_glutfont_definitions.c
-  src/freeglut_init.c
-  src/freeglut_input_devices.c
-  src/freeglut_joystick.c
-  src/freeglut_main.c
-  src/freeglut_menu.c
-  src/freeglut_misc.c
-  src/freeglut_overlay.c
-  src/freeglut_spaceball.c
-  src/freeglut_state.c
-  src/freeglut_stroke_mono_roman.c
-  src/freeglut_stroke_roman.c
-  src/freeglut_structure.c
-  src/freeglut_teapot.c
-  src/freeglut_videoresize.c
-  src/freeglut_window.c
-)
-
-if(UNIX)
-  list(APPEND freeglut_SOURCES src/freeglut_xinput.c)
-endif()
-
-add_library(freeglut ${freeglut_HEADERS} ${freeglut_SOURCES})
-target_include_directories(freeglut
-  PUBLIC "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${_include_dirs}>"
-         "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>"
-)
-target_link_libraries(freeglut PUBLIC ${OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY} ${OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY})
-set_target_properties(freeglut PROPERTIES
-                      DEFINE_SYMBOL FREEGLUT_EXPORTS
-                      SOVERSION ${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION})
-
-set(${PROJECT_NAME}_LIBRARIES freeglut)
-
-target_compile_definitions(freeglut INTERFACE FREEGLUT_LIB_PRAGMAS=0)
-
-# Install support
-
-install(TARGETS ${${PROJECT_NAME}_LIBRARIES} EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}_TARGETS
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-)
-install(DIRECTORY include/GL
-  DESTINATION include
-  FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h"
-)
-
-# Config files
-
-configure_file(
-  ${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake.in
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake
-  @ONLY
-)
-configure_file(
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake.in
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake
-  @ONLY
-)
-
-export(EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}_TARGETS
-  FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Targets.cmake
-)
-
-set(config_package_location lib/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME})
-install(EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}_TARGETS
-  FILE ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets.cmake
-  DESTINATION ${config_package_location}
-)
-install(FILES
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake"
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake"
-  DESTINATION ${config_package_location}
-)
diff --git a/Documentation/Doxygen/3-DeveloperManual/Starting/SettingUpMITK/ThirdPartyLibs.dox b/Documentation/Doxygen/3-DeveloperManual/Starting/SettingUpMITK/ThirdPartyLibs.dox
index edc883b10e..20bb698686 100644
--- a/Documentation/Doxygen/3-DeveloperManual/Starting/SettingUpMITK/ThirdPartyLibs.dox
+++ b/Documentation/Doxygen/3-DeveloperManual/Starting/SettingUpMITK/ThirdPartyLibs.dox
@@ -1,135 +1,131 @@
 /**
 \page thirdpartylibs Third-party libraries
 
 The following third-party libraries can be used with MITK by default and can, in part, be automatically downloaded during superbuild.
 
 \par ACVD
 
 http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/site/en/acvd
 
 \par ANN
 
 http://www.cs.umd.edu/~mount/ANN/
 
 \par Boost
 
 http://www.boost.org/
 
 \par C++ REST SDK
 
 https://github.com/Microsoft/cpprestsdk/
 
 \par CppUnit
 
 http://sourceforge.net/projects/cppunit/
 
 \par CTK
 
 http://www.commontk.org/
 
 \par DCMTK
 
 http://dicom.offis.de/dcmtk.php.en
 
 \par Eigen
 
 http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
 
 \par GDCM
 
 http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/
 
-\par GLUT
-
-https://www.opengl.org/resources/libraries/glut/
-
 \par HDF5
 
 https://support.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/
 
 \par ITK
 
 http://www.itk.org/
 
 \par MatchPoint
 
 https://www.dkfz.de/en/sidt/projects/matchpoint/info.html
 
 \par NumPy
 
 http://www.numpy.org/
 
 \par OpenCL
 
 https://www.khronos.org/opencl/
 
 \par OpenCV
 
 http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/Welcome
 
 \par OpenIGTLink
 
 http://openigtlink.org/
 
 \par PCRE
 
 http://www.pcre.org/
 
 \par POCO
 
 http://pocoproject.org
 
 \par Python
 
 https://www.python.org/
 
 \par Qt
 
 http://www.qt.io/
 
 \par Qwt
 
 http://qwt.sourceforge.net/
 
 \par Rasqal
 
 http://librdf.org/rasqal/
 
 \par Raptor2
 
 http://librdf.org/raptor/
 
 \par Redland
 
 http://librdf.org/
 
 \par SimpleITK
 
 http://www.simpleitk.org/
 
 \par SWIG
 
 http://swig.org/
 
 \par tinyxml
 
 http://sourceforge.net/projects/tinyxml/
 
 \par VIGRA
 
 http://ukoethe.github.io/vigra/
 
 \par VTK
 
 http://www.vtk.org/
 
 \par zlib
 
 https://github.com/madler/zlib/
 
 \par libSVM
 http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvm/
 
 
 For copyright information on any of the above toolkits see the corresponding home page or the corresponding source folder.
 */