diff --git a/srcpkgs/vtk/template b/srcpkgs/vtk/template
index e9c6d3f60b..b1a6f5e1cb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vtk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vtk/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'vtk'
 pkgname=vtk
 version=8.2.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 wrksrc=VTK-${version}
 build_style=cmake
 # vtk can be huge, especially with -DVTK_BUILD_ALL_MODULES=ON"
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DVTK_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES=ON
  -DVTK_FORBID_DOWNLOADS=ON
  -DVTK_Group_StandAlone=ON
  -DModule_vtkIOMPIParallel=ON
- -DModule_vtkParallelMPI=ON"
+ -DModule_vtkParallelMPI=ON
+ -DVTK_USE_SYSTEM_LIBPROJ=OFF"
 
 # fails, so use built-in
 # vtk needs specific libharu patches:
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ configure_args+=" -DVTK_USE_SYSTEM_NETCDFCPP=OFF"
 configure_args+=" -DVTK_USE_SYSTEM_GL2PS=OFF"
 
 makedepends="zlib-devel freetype-devel liblz4-devel expat-devel MesaLib-devel
- libXt-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel tiff-devel proj-devel hdf5-devel netcdf-devel
+ libXt-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel tiff-devel hdf5-devel netcdf-devel
  libxml2-devel jsoncpp-devel openmpi-devel libogg-devel libtheora-devel
  eigen double-conversion-devel glew-devel pugixml-devel sqlite-devel"