diff --git a/CMakeExternals/VTK.cmake b/CMakeExternals/VTK.cmake
index 6457549ff1..c451c5083b 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/VTK.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/VTK.cmake
@@ -1,43 +1,45 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # VTK
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 IF(WIN32)
   OPTION(VTK_USE_SYSTEM_FREETYPE OFF)
 ELSE(WIN32)
   OPTION(VTK_USE_SYSTEM_FREETYPE ON)
 ENDIF(WIN32)
 
 # Sanity checks
 IF(DEFINED VTK_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${VTK_DIR})
   MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "VTK_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
 ENDIF()
 
 SET(proj VTK)
 SET(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
 SET(VTK_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
 IF(NOT DEFINED VTK_DIR)
   ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
     URL http://mitk.org/download/thirdparty/vtk-5.6.1.tar.gz
     BINARY_DIR ${proj}-build
     INSTALL_COMMAND ""
     CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
     CMAKE_ARGS
         ${ep_common_args}
         -DVTK_WRAP_TCL:BOOL=OFF
         -DVTK_WRAP_PYTHON:BOOL=OFF
         -DVTK_WRAP_JAVA:BOOL=OFF
         -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON 
         -DVTK_USE_PARALLEL:BOOL=ON
+        -DVTK_USE_CHARTS:BOOL=OFF
+        -DVTK_USE_GEOVIS:BOOL=OFF
         -DVTK_USE_SYSTEM_FREETYPE:BOOL=${VTK_USE_SYSTEM_FREETYPE}
         ${vtk_QT_ARGS}
      DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
     )
   SET(VTK_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-build)
 
 ELSE()
 
   mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
   
 ENDIF()