diff --git a/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
index e5823db69ff8ae2f9d6f4854ce4b2d053416a28d..cf25d02d4b7c8f5fa0614842a94ce749dcc46139 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-if(OGS_USE_MPI)
-    return()
-endif()
-
 set(TOOLS
     convertGEO
     generateMatPropsFromMatID
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/MeshEdit/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/MeshEdit/CMakeLists.txt
index 54a64aaac77957db67019f9e5a681d1dcd3e1d12..1c13bc9ef78c17dadae901d2fede06306de1a80b 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/MeshEdit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/MeshEdit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-if(OGS_USE_MPI)
-    return()
-endif()
-
 set(TOOLS
     AddElementQuality
     AddFaultToVoxelGrid
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/MeshGeoTools/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/MeshGeoTools/CMakeLists.txt
index df66c700fbecc1511e51c9f28192680d70091c9f..de10ebe24ec164a5e30d1263ad5f8f9d6b398113 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/MeshGeoTools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/MeshGeoTools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-if(OGS_USE_MPI)
-    return()
-endif()
-
 set(TOOLS
     AssignRasterDataToMesh
     computeSurfaceNodeIDsInPolygonalRegion
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ab33a1d0abcd060e9cf85cc75d2c58fe030672b..8536e16a724699f00896e443b111e791fbc5ed71 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/ModelPreparation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 add_subdirectory(PartitionMesh)
 
-if(OGS_USE_MPI)
-    return()
-endif()
-
 set(TOOLS ComputeNodeAreasFromSurfaceMesh convertVtkDataArrayToVtkDataArray
           createNeumannBc scaleProperty
 )
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/PostProcessing/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/PostProcessing/CMakeLists.txt
index e8aa1a36cbb4bc4260c0cd2a0895e1e165e241a4..13bbef5c9113361e899cb7ca61685df7677f3a4e 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/PostProcessing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/PostProcessing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-if(OGS_USE_MPI)
-    return()
-endif()
-
 if(OGS_BUILD_PROCESS_LIE)
     ogs_add_executable(postLIE postLIE.cpp)
     target_link_libraries(postLIE GitInfoLib LIECommon tclap)
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/SimpleMeshCreation/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/SimpleMeshCreation/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b0b9fd3475a2c67b2a6dc9add19d4707eeda918..26ec45f52fb3f900763fa074227449988e89ea8b 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/SimpleMeshCreation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/SimpleMeshCreation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-if(OGS_USE_MPI)
-    return()
-endif()
-
 set(TOOLS generateStructuredMesh)
 if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     list(APPEND TOOLS createMeshElemPropertiesFromASCRaster)