diff --git a/surface/CMakeLists.txt b/surface/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ab1917f084..9ccf3b3c0fb 100644
--- a/surface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/surface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set(SUBSYS_DEPS common search kdtree octree)
 
 set(build TRUE)
 PCL_SUBSYS_OPTION(build "${SUBSYS_NAME}" "${SUBSYS_DESC}" ON)
-PCL_SUBSYS_DEPEND(build "${SUBSYS_NAME}" DEPS ${SUBSYS_DEPS} EXT_DEPS vtk OPT_DEPS qhull)
+PCL_SUBSYS_DEPEND(build "${SUBSYS_NAME}" DEPS ${SUBSYS_DEPS} OPT_DEPS qhull vtk)
 
 PCL_ADD_DOC("${SUBSYS_NAME}")