diff --git a/Modules/VTKCompatibility.cmake b/Modules/VTKCompatibility.cmake
index 1b0815e853..4ee7643c20 100644
--- a/Modules/VTKCompatibility.cmake
+++ b/Modules/VTKCompatibility.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
 # file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
 
+# Not needed for "modern" VTK.
+if (EXISTS "${VTK_SOURCE_DIR}/CMake/vtkModule.cmake")
+  return ()
+endif ()
 
 if(APPLE)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY "${CMAKE_C_CREATE_SHARED_LIBRARY}")