diff --git a/scripts/HDF5/H5hut/build b/scripts/HDF5/H5hut/build
index a689248..4420013 100755
--- a/scripts/HDF5/H5hut/build
+++ b/scripts/HDF5/H5hut/build
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function em.install() {
 
 em.add_to_family 'HDF5'
 em.set_runtime_dependencies "${COMPILER}" "${MPI}" 'hdf5'
-em.set_build_dependencies   "autoconf" "automake" "libtool" "${COMPILER}" "${MPI}" "vtk" "hdf5"
+em.set_build_dependencies   "autoconf" "automake" "libtool" "${COMPILER}" "${MPI}" "hdf5"
 em.set_docfiles 'AUTHORS' 'COPYING'
 em.make_all