diff --git a/io/CMakeLists.txt b/io/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b99233d360..f66b81eabe0 100644
--- a/io/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/io/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -252,9 +252,6 @@ if(build)
     endif(PCAP_FOUND)
 
     set(EXT_DEPS eigen3)
-    if(OPENNI_FOUND)
-      list(APPEND EXT_DEPS openni-dev)
-    endif(OPENNI_FOUND)
     PCL_MAKE_PKGCONFIG(${LIB_NAME} ${SUBSYS_NAME} "${SUBSYS_DESC}"
       "${SUBSYS_DEPS}" "${EXT_DEPS}" "" "" "")
 
diff --git a/visualization/CMakeLists.txt b/visualization/CMakeLists.txt
index 00cdc7f8293..fc448ef6565 100644
--- a/visualization/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/visualization/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -157,9 +157,6 @@ if(build)
     endif()
 
     set(EXT_DEPS "")
-    if(OPENNI_FOUND)
-      list(APPEND EXT_DEPS openni-dev)
-    endif(OPENNI_FOUND)
     PCL_MAKE_PKGCONFIG(${LIB_NAME} ${SUBSYS_NAME} "${SUBSYS_DESC}"
       "${SUBSYS_DEPS}" "${EXT_DEPS}" "" "" "")