diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVDetectVTK.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVDetectVTK.cmake
index 312fd41fe4..aeda80d47c 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVDetectVTK.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVDetectVTK.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 if(NOT VTK_FOUND)
-  find_package(VTK QUIET NAMES vtk VTK)
-  if(VTK_FOUND)
-    if(NOT (VTK_VERSION VERSION_LESS "9.0.0") AND (VTK_VERSION VERSION_LESS "10.0.0")) # VTK 9.x
-      find_package(VTK 9 QUIET NAMES vtk COMPONENTS
+  find_package(VTK 9 QUIET NAMES vtk COMPONENTS
               FiltersExtraction
               FiltersSources
               FiltersTexture
@@ -14,21 +11,6 @@ if(NOT VTK_FOUND)
               RenderingLOD
               RenderingOpenGL2
               NO_MODULE)
-    elseif(VTK_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "5") # VTK 6.x components
-      find_package(VTK QUIET COMPONENTS vtkInteractionStyle vtkRenderingLOD vtkIOPLY vtkFiltersTexture vtkRenderingFreeType vtkIOExport NO_MODULE)
-      IF(VTK_FOUND)
-        IF(VTK_RENDERING_BACKEND) #in vtk 7, the rendering backend is exported as a var.
-          find_package(VTK QUIET COMPONENTS vtkRendering${VTK_RENDERING_BACKEND} vtkInteractionStyle vtkRenderingLOD vtkIOPLY vtkFiltersTexture vtkRenderingFreeType vtkIOExport vtkIOGeometry NO_MODULE)
-        ELSE(VTK_RENDERING_BACKEND)
-          find_package(VTK QUIET COMPONENTS vtkRenderingOpenGL vtkInteractionStyle vtkRenderingLOD vtkIOPLY vtkFiltersTexture vtkRenderingFreeType vtkIOExport NO_MODULE)
-        ENDIF(VTK_RENDERING_BACKEND)
-      ENDIF(VTK_FOUND)
-    elseif(VTK_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "5") # VTK 5.x components
-      find_package(VTK QUIET COMPONENTS vtkCommon NO_MODULE)
-    else()
-      set(VTK_FOUND FALSE)
-    endif()
-  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(NOT VTK_FOUND)
