diff --git a/Applications/CLI/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/CLI/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c7aafaac8327a4100d02d665e8fd9e69099533d..4f65bdb9446af4278f63c21e827769ca80b1e403 100644
--- a/Applications/CLI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/CLI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,3 @@ cpack_add_component(ogs_cli
     DESCRIPTION "The command line interface for OpenGeoSys."
     GROUP Applications
 )
-
-include(packaging/InstallDependencies)
-InstallDependencies(ogs)
diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
index 4a8d7728ace34cdceeb757bbdc94b5b275cc1f37..0fc092d5ac8e76d869155242b358a3dbbfad6183 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ source_group("UI Files" FILES ${UIS})
 set(APP_ICON ${SOURCE_DIR_REL}/scripts/packaging/ogs-de-icon.icns)
 
 # Create the executable
-add_executable(DataExplorer MACOSX_BUNDLE
+add_executable(DataExplorer
     main.cpp
     ${SOURCES}
     ${UIS}
@@ -103,18 +103,7 @@ set_property(TARGET DataExplorer PROPERTY FOLDER "DataExplorer")
 ####################
 ### Installation ###
 ####################
-if(APPLE)
-    include(packaging/PackagingMacros)
-    ConfigureMacOSXBundle(DataExplorer ${APP_ICON})
-
-    install(TARGETS DataExplorer DESTINATION .)
-    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_DESTINATION .)
-    include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
-    include(DeployQt4)
-    INSTALL_QT4_EXECUTABLE(DataExplorer.app "" "" "${CONAN_LIB_DIRS}" "" "" ogs_gui)
-else()
-    install(TARGETS DataExplorer RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT ogs_gui)
-endif()
+install(TARGETS DataExplorer RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT ogs_gui)
 
 cpack_add_component(ogs_gui
     DISPLAY_NAME "OGS Data Explorer"
@@ -123,9 +112,3 @@ cpack_add_component(ogs_gui
 )
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES ${CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES} "DataExplorer" "OGS Data Explorer" PARENT_SCOPE)
 set(CPACK_NSIS_MENU_LINKS ${CPACK_NSIS_MENU_LINKS} "bin/DataExplorer.exe" "Data Explorer" PARENT_SCOPE)
-if(APPLE)
-    return()
-endif()
-
-include(packaging/InstallDependencies)
-InstallDependencies(DataExplorer)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 65d3aac1c361abcfa2bad5de0f7dd7c5df2e2258..825e2ba6ca8b97d9636bf12a1ecea2ef4ac4a948 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -244,4 +244,3 @@ configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/BaseLib/BuildInfo.cpp.in"
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/BaseLib/BuildInfo.cpp" @ONLY)
 
 include(scripts/cmake/MarkVariablesAdvanced.cmake)
-include(scripts/cmake/packaging/GetDependencies.cmake)
diff --git a/ThirdParty/CMakeLists.txt b/ThirdParty/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ce23dbd69d5cef6e964abaceade8861af8626b9..57e0d5402a6ac0cfdd89017924df6f5e381bc88e 100644
--- a/ThirdParty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ThirdParty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,11 +28,7 @@ endif()
 # tetgen
 if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tetgen/CMakeLists.txt)
     add_subdirectory(tetgen)
-    if(APPLE AND OGS_BUILD_GUI)
-        install (PROGRAMS $<TARGET_FILE:tetgen> DESTINATION DataExplorer.app/Contents/MacOS COMPONENT ogs_extras)
-    else()
-        install (PROGRAMS $<TARGET_FILE:tetgen> DESTINATION bin COMPONENT ogs_extras)
-    endif()
+    install (PROGRAMS $<TARGET_FILE:tetgen> DESTINATION bin COMPONENT ogs_extras)
 endif()
 
 # vtkdiff
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/packaging/InstallXmlSchemaFiles.cmake b/scripts/cmake/packaging/InstallXmlSchemaFiles.cmake
index 3a5d8e072a1dbf73536a59dfc83ecdfa23df8db6..0a5d8e6882eb434c09ec0b90a6ba663c0c534650 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/packaging/InstallXmlSchemaFiles.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/packaging/InstallXmlSchemaFiles.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 macro(InstallXmlSchemaFiles GLOB_EXPRESSION)
     file(GLOB XSD_FILES . ${GLOB_EXPRESSION})
-    if(APPLE AND OGS_BUILD_GUI)
-        install(FILES ${XSD_FILES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_CPack_Packages/Darwin/DragNDrop/${CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME}/ALL_IN_ONE/DataExplorer.app/Contents/MacOS COMPONENT ogs_gui)
-    else()
-        install(FILES ${XSD_FILES} DESTINATION bin COMPONENT ogs_cli)
-    endif()
+    install(FILES ${XSD_FILES} DESTINATION bin COMPONENT ogs_cli)
 endmacro()