diff --git a/Applications/ApplicationsLib/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/ApplicationsLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 8700999b36d2ef2d6fea8544a8528157b8f609aa..f40adfcdb56dc496bec3d5de47a1035ffbd8b57d 100644
--- a/Applications/ApplicationsLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/ApplicationsLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ target_link_libraries(ApplicationsLib INTERFACE
 	${CATALYST_LIBRARIES}
 	logog
 )
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(ApplicationsLib)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(ApplicationsLib)
 
 if(TARGET Eigen)
 	add_dependencies(ApplicationsLib Eigen)
diff --git a/Applications/CLI/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/CLI/CMakeLists.txt
index e9f57b931447408d403369c30db3622da907d503..25432ff0db8ec85be012f083a608fe4ae6a2d084 100644
--- a/Applications/CLI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/CLI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ target_link_libraries(ogs
     FileIO
 )
 
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(ogs)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(ogs)
 
 if(OGS_USE_PETSC)
     target_link_libraries(ogs ${PETSC_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
index f09823f1af802b3b546f8868ab71706e085d689a..a7b745094a5fe6f24d14f055e25ae83aee4c742a 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataExplorer.cmake
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ if(VTKFBXCONVERTER_FOUND)
 	target_link_libraries(DataExplorer ${VTKFBXCONVERTER_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
-include(AddCatalystDependency)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(DataExplorer)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(DataExplorer)
 
 set_property(TARGET DataExplorer PROPERTY FOLDER "DataExplorer")
 
diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/CMakeLists.txt
index 2de5c500a8d883cd22aea0e5e8be577453575693..4757fff10c3767e12b38fad814bbd4ae5afd83e0 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/DataView/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ target_link_libraries(QtDataView INTERFACE
 )
 add_dependencies(QtDataView QtDiagramView QtStratView)
 
-include(AddCatalystDependency)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(QtDataView)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(QtDataView)
 
 if(GEOTIFF_FOUND)
 	target_link_libraries( QtDataView INTERFACE ${GEOTIFF_LIBRARIES} )
diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkAct/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkAct/CMakeLists.txt
index 1eeb6db75a56dc25b6c9d27db871da1c8268eaa8..e726edcfe6f4ee46def1d4616dcba9600417cd7c 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkAct/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkAct/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ add_library( VtkAct STATIC
 	${HEADERS}
 )
 
-include(AddCatalystDependency)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(VtkAct)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(VtkAct)
 
 target_link_libraries( VtkAct PUBLIC Qt4::QtCore )
 target_link_libraries( VtkAct INTERFACE ${CATALYST_LIBRARIES} )
diff --git a/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
index 3bc53c4e6fe78a70f7003e556bcd19843ee739ee..d7f1940dbe126267a24864202b554e9c26a7858a 100644
--- a/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/DataExplorer/VtkVis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ add_library(VtkVis STATIC
 	${HEADERS}
 )
 
-include(AddCatalystDependency)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(VtkVis)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(VtkVis)
 
 if(GEOTIFF_FOUND)
 	include_directories(${GEOTIFF_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
index 18616e2e4e6427d707694ac0c3e5cfb622c8af4f..ec0b9d4c72d625257d02759f82a866e3def4143c 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/FileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,39 +27,39 @@ if (QT4_FOUND)
 	add_executable(FEFLOW2OGS FEFLOW2OGS.cpp)
 	set_target_properties(FEFLOW2OGS PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 	target_link_libraries(FEFLOW2OGS FileIO)
-	ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(FEFLOW2OGS)
+	ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(FEFLOW2OGS)
 endif () # QT4_FOUND
 
 add_executable(generateMatPropsFromMatID generateMatPropsFromMatID.cpp )
 target_link_libraries(generateMatPropsFromMatID FileIO)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(generateMatPropsFromMatID)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(generateMatPropsFromMatID)
 set_target_properties(generateMatPropsFromMatID
 	PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 
 add_executable(GMSH2OGS GMSH2OGS.cpp)
 set_target_properties(GMSH2OGS PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 target_link_libraries(GMSH2OGS FileIO )
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(GMSH2OGS)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(GMSH2OGS)
 
 add_executable(OGS2VTK OGS2VTK.cpp)
 set_target_properties(OGS2VTK PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 target_link_libraries(OGS2VTK FileIO)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(OGS2VTK)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(OGS2VTK)
 
 add_executable(VTK2OGS VTK2OGS.cpp)
 set_target_properties(VTK2OGS PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 target_link_libraries(VTK2OGS FileIO)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(VTK2OGS)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(VTK2OGS)
 
 add_executable(VTK2TIN VTK2TIN.cpp)
 set_target_properties(VTK2TIN PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 target_link_libraries(VTK2TIN FileIO)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(VTK2TIN)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(VTK2TIN)
 
 add_executable(TIN2VTK TIN2VTK.cpp)
 set_target_properties(TIN2VTK PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 target_link_libraries(TIN2VTK FileIO)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(TIN2VTK)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(TIN2VTK)
 
 ####################
 ### Installation ###
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/MeshEdit/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/MeshEdit/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c3ef3235741e4ea36f92f213528efcb45ea4c35..55b3739c4cfdd46f5b723cb628b43e1d425e9b53 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/MeshEdit/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/MeshEdit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,50 +13,50 @@ if(QT4_FOUND)
 
 	add_executable(moveMeshNodes moveMeshNodes.cpp)
 	target_link_libraries(moveMeshNodes FileIO)
-	ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(moveMeshNodes)
+	ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(moveMeshNodes)
 	set_target_properties(moveMeshNodes PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 
 	add_executable(MapGeometryToMeshSurface
 		MapGeometryToMeshSurface.cpp )
 	target_link_libraries(MapGeometryToMeshSurface FileIO MeshGeoToolsLib)
-	ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(MapGeometryToMeshSurface)
+	ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(MapGeometryToMeshSurface)
 	set_target_properties(MapGeometryToMeshSurface PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 
 endif() # QT4_FOUND
 
 add_executable(removeMeshElements removeMeshElements.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(removeMeshElements FileIO)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(removeMeshElements)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(removeMeshElements)
 set_target_properties(removeMeshElements PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 
 add_executable(NodeReordering NodeReordering.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(NodeReordering FileIO)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(NodeReordering)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(NodeReordering)
 set_target_properties(NodeReordering PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 
 add_executable(MoveMesh MoveMesh.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(MoveMesh FileIO)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(MoveMesh)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(MoveMesh)
 set_target_properties(MoveMesh PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 
 add_executable(appendLinesAlongPolyline appendLinesAlongPolyline.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(appendLinesAlongPolyline FileIO MeshGeoToolsLib)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(appendLinesAlongPolyline)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(appendLinesAlongPolyline)
 set_target_properties(appendLinesAlongPolyline PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 
 add_executable(editMaterialID editMaterialID.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(editMaterialID FileIO)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(editMaterialID)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(editMaterialID)
 set_target_properties(editMaterialID PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 
 add_executable(checkMesh checkMesh.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(checkMesh FileIO)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(checkMesh)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(checkMesh)
 set_target_properties(checkMesh PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 
 add_executable(reviseMesh reviseMesh.cpp)
 target_link_libraries (reviseMesh FileIO)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(reviseMesh)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(reviseMesh)
 set_target_properties(reviseMesh PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 
 add_executable(ResetPropertiesInPolygonalRegion
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ set_target_properties(AddTopLayer PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 add_executable(CreateBoundaryConditionsAlongPolylines
 	CreateBoundaryConditionsAlongPolylines.cpp )
 target_link_libraries(CreateBoundaryConditionsAlongPolylines FileIO MeshGeoToolsLib)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(CreateBoundaryConditionsAlongPolylines)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(CreateBoundaryConditionsAlongPolylines)
 set_target_properties(CreateBoundaryConditionsAlongPolylines
 	PROPERTIES FOLDER Utilities)
 
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
index 24be26602a6b2f396f426af5b474b56549da9252..81f6521b09b911cd93cfad90b4b3f80cc0e79eb9 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/OGSFileConverter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ add_executable(OGSFileConverter
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(OGSFileConverter FileIO QtBase)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(OGSFileConverter)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(OGSFileConverter)
 
 # Adds useful macros and variables
 # this is needed to correctly link the qt and vtk libraries through target_link_libraries
diff --git a/Applications/Utils/SimpleMeshCreation/CMakeLists.txt b/Applications/Utils/SimpleMeshCreation/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d67ddb55f439b3c147f261e9026d59e6a473ead..c56396fbdd3a4701bb8ba58658e1ae2bba2120c3 100644
--- a/Applications/Utils/SimpleMeshCreation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Applications/Utils/SimpleMeshCreation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ if(OGS_BUILD_GUI)
 	add_executable(generateStructuredQuadMesh generateStructuredQuadMesh.cpp)
 	set_target_properties(generateStructuredQuadMesh PROPERTIES FOLDER Utils)
 	target_link_libraries(generateStructuredQuadMesh FileIO)
-	ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(generateStructuredQuadMesh)
+	ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(generateStructuredQuadMesh)
 
 	add_executable(createMeshElemPropertiesFromASCRaster createMeshElemPropertiesFromASCRaster.cpp)
 	set_target_properties(createMeshElemPropertiesFromASCRaster PROPERTIES FOLDER Utils)
 	target_link_libraries(createMeshElemPropertiesFromASCRaster FileIO)
-	ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(createMeshElemPropertiesFromASCRaster)
+	ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(createMeshElemPropertiesFromASCRaster)
 
 endif() # OGS_BUILD_GUI (VtkVis-target is existing)
 
diff --git a/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt b/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt
index f1fd24afff1dae9bf4ab9a4675449f1f1bec381c..de54768cd88fa4f3011b89c32e73a812aa72c1ef 100644
--- a/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/FileIO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if(QT4_FOUND)
 	target_link_libraries(FileIO PUBLIC Qt4::QtXml Qt4::QtXmlPatterns)
 endif()
 
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(FileIO)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(FileIO)
 if(TARGET Eigen)
 	add_dependencies(FileIO Eigen)
 endif()
diff --git a/InSituLib/CMakeLists.txt b/InSituLib/CMakeLists.txt
index cb0702c9c651fc3f27bc9540991c37ecc6f6e3c3..dac9eec128311ebe4886ac152c031382ee066853 100644
--- a/InSituLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/InSituLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@ add_library(InSituLib
 
 target_link_libraries(InSituLib INTERFACE MeshLib ${CATALYST_LIBRARIES})
 
-include(AddCatalystDependency)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(InSituLib)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(InSituLib)
diff --git a/MeshLib/CMakeLists.txt b/MeshLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 03f98cbc6d8bbbaba97741800b3507ed270b6cfe..bb85e77f5a05f163752bd41d0f491737571699c5 100644
--- a/MeshLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MeshLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ target_link_libraries(MeshLib INTERFACE
 	logog
 )
 
-include(AddCatalystDependency)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(MeshLib)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(MeshLib)
 
 if(TARGET Eigen)
     add_dependencies(MeshLib Eigen)
diff --git a/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt b/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b10f12fcc8e6b9c1d0298a91018e40ec744807a..5eb97dc4a87a5fd6cff372d3a4554f13bdeb9688 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ProcessLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ target_link_libraries(ProcessLib INTERFACE
     logog
 )
 
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(ProcessLib)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(ProcessLib)
 
 if(TARGET Eigen)
 	add_dependencies(ProcessLib Eigen)
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b4e23349f65684cb62a6d57dea1f95e2a9e5b4b..751115779bab91f53a707992969f836a9ada6b92 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ target_link_libraries(testrunner
 	GTest
 	Threads::Threads
 )
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(testrunner)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(testrunner)
 
 if(OGS_USE_PETSC)
 	target_link_libraries(testrunner ${PETSC_LIBRARIES})
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ if(QT4_FOUND)
 	endif()
 endif()
 
-include(AddCatalystDependency)
-ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY(testrunner)
+ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY(testrunner)
 
 # Add make-target test which runs the testrunner
 # This should override CTest's predefined test-target but it does not
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/AddCatalystDependency.cmake b/scripts/cmake/AddVtkDependency.cmake
similarity index 89%
rename from scripts/cmake/AddCatalystDependency.cmake
rename to scripts/cmake/AddVtkDependency.cmake
index 85c405a9ef63923d6b1a219179ab5371bccde13b..215ae14a366def274aec6b24f7b0e230931420bd 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/AddCatalystDependency.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/AddVtkDependency.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-macro(ADD_CATALYST_DEPENDENCY target)
+macro(ADD_VTK_DEPENDENCY target)
 	if(ParaView_FOUND)
 		include("${PARAVIEW_USE_FILE}")
 
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/CMakeSetup.cmake b/scripts/cmake/CMakeSetup.cmake
index 7d9ab65b2908de74478e90f7d0d3342f9f89e988..921b504031f610d0fcb7c53aff978f2d428c489a 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/CMakeSetup.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/CMakeSetup.cmake
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include(UseBackportedModules)
 include(OptionRequires)
 include(CppcheckTargets)
 include(GetCompilerInfoString)
-include(AddCatalystDependency)
+include(AddVtkDependency)
 
 include(ProcessorCount)
 ProcessorCount(NUM_PROCESSORS)