diff --git a/CMakeExternals/OpenIGTLink-54df50de.patch b/CMakeExternals/OpenIGTLink-54df50de.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 22e1964f13..0000000000
--- a/CMakeExternals/OpenIGTLink-54df50de.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-diff -burN OpenIGTLink-master/OpenIGTLinkConfig.cmake.in OpenIGTLink/OpenIGTLinkConfig.cmake.in
---- OpenIGTLink-master/OpenIGTLinkConfig.cmake.in	2014-08-21 18:53:57.000000000 +0200
-+++ OpenIGTLink/OpenIGTLinkConfig.cmake.in	2015-02-05 01:08:29.885874473 +0100
-@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
- # A list of all libraries for OpenIGTLink.  Those listed here should
- # automatically pull in their dependencies.
- #SET(OpenIGTLink_LIBRARIES OpenIGTLinkAlgorithms OpenIGTLinkStatistics OpenIGTLinkFEM)
--SET(OpenIGTLink_LIBRARIES OpenIGTLink)
-+SET(OpenIGTLink_LIBRARIES optimized;OpenIGTLink;debug;OpenIGTLink@CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX@)
- 
- # The OpenIGTLink library dependencies.
- IF(NOT OpenIGTLink_NO_LIBRARY_DEPENDS AND
-diff -burN OpenIGTLink-master/Source/CMakeLists.txt OpenIGTLink/Source/CMakeLists.txt
---- OpenIGTLink-master/Source/CMakeLists.txt	2014-08-21 18:53:57.000000000 +0200
-+++ OpenIGTLink/Source/CMakeLists.txt	2015-02-05 00:34:34.086991641 +0100
-@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
-   igtlutil/igtl_image.h
-   igtlutil/igtl_position.h
-   igtlutil/igtl_transform.h
-+  igtlutil/igtl_status.h
-   igtlutil/igtl_types.h
-   igtlutil/igtl_util.h
-   igtlutil/igtl_capability.h
-
-diff -burN OpenIGTLink-master/Source/igtlSocket.cxx OpenIGTLink/Source/igtlSocket.cxx
---- OpenIGTLink-master/Source/igtlSocket.cxx	2014-08-21 18:53:57.000000000 +0200
-+++ OpenIGTLink/Source/igtlSocket.cxx	2015-02-05 00:34:34.086991641 +0100
-@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
- #define WSA_VERSION MAKEWORD(1,1)
- #define igtlCloseSocketMacro(sock) (closesocket(sock))
- #else
--#define igtlCloseSocketMacro(sock) (shutdown(sock, 2))
-+#define igtlCloseSocketMacro(sock) ({shutdown(sock, 2); close(sock);})
- #endif
-
- namespace igtl
diff --git a/CMakeExternals/OpenIGTLink.cmake b/CMakeExternals/OpenIGTLink.cmake
index d7910aa5e8..69fb504d29 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/OpenIGTLink.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/OpenIGTLink.cmake
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # OpenIGTLink
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if(MITK_USE_OpenIGTLink)
 
   # Sanity checks
   if(DEFINED OpenIGTLink_DIR AND NOT EXISTS ${OpenIGTLink_DIR})
     message(FATAL_ERROR "OpenIGTLink_DIR variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
   endif()
 
   set(proj OpenIGTLink)
   set(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
   set(${proj}_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   if(NOT DEFINED OpenIGTLink_DIR)
 
     set(additional_cmake_args )
 
     if(CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS)
       set(additional_cmake_args
         "-DCMAKE_PROJECT_${proj}_INCLUDE:FILEPATH=${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CTestUseLaunchers.cmake"
       )
     endif()
 
     ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
-       URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/OpenIGTLink-54df50de.tar.gz
-       URL_MD5 b9fd8351b059f4ec615f2dfd74ab2458
-       PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_COMMAND} -N -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/OpenIGTLink-54df50de.patch
+       URL ${MITK_THIRDPARTY_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX_URL}/OpenIGTLink-release-3.0.tar.gz
+       URL_MD5 0a759655da037f6df2087dd2690d1ae2
+       PATCH_COMMAND ${PATCH_COMMAND} -N -p1 -i ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/OpenIGTLink-92bc3d7b.patch
        CMAKE_GENERATOR ${gen}
        CMAKE_ARGS
          ${ep_common_args}
          ${additional_cmake_args}
          -DBUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF
          -DOpenIGTLink_PROTOCOL_VERSION_2:BOOL=ON
          -DOpenIGTLink_INSTALL_LIB_DIR:STRING=lib
          -DOpenIGTLink_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR:STRING=lib/cmake/OpenIGTLink
          -DOpenIGTLink_INSTALL_NO_DOCUMENTATION:BOOL=ON
        CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
          ${ep_common_cache_args}
        CMAKE_CACHE_DEFAULT_ARGS
          ${ep_common_cache_default_args}
        DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
       )
 
     set(OpenIGTLink_DIR "${ep_prefix}/lib/cmake/OpenIGTLink")
 
   else()
 
     mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
 
   endif()
 endif()