diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
index 7a77712399d69d055a731f95ff14a936be003480..cc121e2599256a3f4433c659ab5c88f78e83ce79 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ target_link_libraries(DataExplorer
     Qt5::Xml
     Qt5::Network
     logog
+    ${VTK_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
 # Workaround for Windows conan tiff-package
@@ -80,10 +81,6 @@ if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     )
 endif()
 
-if(VTK_NETCDF_FOUND)
-    target_link_libraries(DataExplorer vtkNetCDF vtkNetCDF_cxx )
-endif()
-
 if(GEOTIFF_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(DataExplorer ${GEOTIFF_LIBRARIES} )
 endif()
diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/NetCdfDialog/NetCdfConfigureDialog.cpp b/Applications/DataExplorer/NetCdfDialog/NetCdfConfigureDialog.cpp
index 4a956f53cea026708f6dd37611d832d43214e39b..338d737b7dd6ec266e97713dd0a7bb2c6f0503b1 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/NetCdfDialog/NetCdfConfigureDialog.cpp
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/NetCdfDialog/NetCdfConfigureDialog.cpp
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ void NetCdfConfigureDialog::getDimEdges(int dimId, unsigned &size, double &first
         {
             int sizeOfDim = tmpVarOfDim->get_dim(0)->size();
             size = sizeOfDim;
-            double arrayOfDimStart[1] = {0};
-            std::size_t edgeOfArray[1] = {1};
+            double *arrayOfDimStart = new double[1]; //[1] = {0};
+            long edgeOfArray = 1; //[1] = {1};
             long edgeOrigin[1] = {0};
             tmpVarOfDim->set_cur(edgeOrigin);
             tmpVarOfDim->get(arrayOfDimStart,edgeOfArray);
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ double NetCdfConfigureDialog::getResolution()
 
 void NetCdfConfigureDialog::createDataObject()
 {
-    auto* length = new std::size_t[_currentVar->num_dims()];
+    auto* length = new long[_currentVar->num_dims()];
     double originLon = 0, originLat = 0;
     double lastLon = 0, lastLat = 0;
     unsigned sizeLon = 0, sizeLat = 0;
diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
index ef1894a69343f8762e53030e4fe1be8aa770c7eb..69dee55ba5ffd2a19cab9addaced855099b79bae 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ if(GEOTIFF_FOUND)
 endif() # GEOTIFF_FOUND
 
 target_link_libraries(VtkVis
-    PUBLIC BaseLib GeoLib MeshLib DataHolderLib QtBase ${VTK_LIBRARIES} NetCdfDialogLib
+    PUBLIC BaseLib GeoLib MeshLib DataHolderLib QtBase
     PRIVATE MathLib ApplicationsFileIO Qt5::Gui logog
 )
 set_property(TARGET VtkVis PROPERTY FOLDER "DataExplorer")
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/ConanSetup.cmake b/scripts/cmake/ConanSetup.cmake
index 2d4c7232c34bed3515e56b1aadbbd32a58e60c0a..11b32b59f8f97d31f6a26af89819a9d8d877a466 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/ConanSetup.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/ConanSetup.cmake
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
         Qt/5.11@bincrafters/stable
     )
     set(CONAN_OPTIONS ${CONAN_OPTIONS} VTK:qt=True)
-    if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-        set(CONAN_OPTIONS ${CONAN_OPTIONS} VTK:x11=True)
-    endif()
 endif()
 
 # Find Conan and do version check
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake b/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake
index 681fa97316142dab50f0bcdabf98ed2df08d7107..7e9df44766403f8fb2d8c58c512eac0e93385283 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/Find.cmake
@@ -65,18 +65,9 @@ find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 include(VtkModules)
-find_package(VTK COMPONENTS ${VTK_MODULES} REQUIRED)
+#find_package(VTK COMPONENTS ${VTK_MODULES} REQUIRED)
+find_package(VTK 8.0.0 REQUIRED)
 include(${VTK_USE_FILE})
-if(NOT OGS_USE_CONAN)
-    foreach(DIR ${VTK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-        if("${DIR}" MATCHES ".*vtknetcdf.*")
-            include_directories(SYSTEM ${DIR}/../cxx ${DIR}/include)
-        elseif("${DIR}" MATCHES ".*vtk.*")
-            include_directories(SYSTEM ${DIR}/vtknetcdf/include)
-        endif()
-    endforeach()
-    include_directories(SYSTEM ${VTK_DIR}/../ThirdParty/netcdf/vtknetcdf/cxx)
-endif()
 
 find_package(Eigen3 3.2.9 REQUIRED)
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${EIGEN3_INCLUDE_DIR})
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/VtkModules.cmake b/scripts/cmake/VtkModules.cmake
index 5054da414cbe863d60f77497ef8cd384571ce72a..6ddd41b9fe4f0f4f0d0112cde3a34117aac1a711 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/VtkModules.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/VtkModules.cmake
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ endif()
 if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
     set(VTK_MODULES ${VTK_MODULES}
         vtkRenderingCore
-        vtknetcdf
+        vtknetcdfcpp
         vtkIOLegacy
         vtkIOImage
         vtkRenderingAnnotation