diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 99ee0a8672346e6858cff8fcae74f5ac86de77c9..94b0a791e83bc4c37c08c1df0392ba48a4752040 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ option(OGS_BUILD_CLI "Should the OGS simulator be built?" ON)
 option(OGS_BUILD_GUI "Should the Data Explorer be built?" OFF)
 if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     add_definitions(-DOGS_BUILD_GUI)
-    option(OGS_USE_NETCDF "Add NetCDF support." ON)
+    option(OGS_USE_NETCDF "Add NetCDF support." OFF)
 endif()
 option(OGS_BUILD_UTILS "Should the utilities programms be built?" OFF)
 if(OGS_BUILD_UTILS AND OGS_USE_MPI)