diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataExplorer/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e991908d77c4314989549733d450f1b67e25c80..82400d0e79ab20ac49e59eb71e8a8f75c1148c1a 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS_SAVED "${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}")
-# Always built Data Explorer statically as there are cyclic dependencies between
-# QtDataView and VtkVis
-set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
-
 if(MSVC)
     add_definitions(-DVTKGUISUPPORTQT_STATIC_DEFINE)
 endif()
@@ -24,5 +19,3 @@ add_subdirectory(DataView)
 add_subdirectory(DataView/DiagramView)
 add_subdirectory(VtkVis)
 include(DataExplorer.cmake)
-
-set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS_SAVED}")