diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f73c8c872b..4af166dded 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -656,7 +656,9 @@ if(WITH_MATLAB)
   include(cmake/OpenCVFindMatlab.cmake)
 endif()
 
-include(cmake/OpenCVDetectVTK.cmake)
+if(WITH_VTK)
+  include(cmake/OpenCVDetectVTK.cmake)
+endif()
 
 if(WITH_OPENVX)
   include(cmake/FindOpenVX.cmake)
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVDetectVTK.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVDetectVTK.cmake
index cf4eb2b4cd..74f075ed9c 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVDetectVTK.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVDetectVTK.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-if(NOT WITH_VTK)
-  return()
-endif()
-
 # VTK 6.x components
 find_package(VTK QUIET COMPONENTS vtkInteractionStyle vtkRenderingLOD vtkIOPLY vtkFiltersTexture vtkRenderingFreeType vtkIOExport NO_MODULE)
 IF(VTK_FOUND)
diff --git a/modules/viz/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/viz/CMakeLists.txt
index a5468c5bba..3575a0cb6e 100644
--- a/modules/viz/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/viz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(NOT WITH_VTK OR NOT DEFINED HAVE_VTK OR NOT HAVE_VTK)
+if(NOT HAVE_VTK)
   ocv_module_disable(viz)
 endif()