diff --git a/Help/module/FindVTK.rst b/Help/module/FindVTK.rst
index f9c1efe5f..3bc67c5c9 100644
--- a/Help/module/FindVTK.rst
+++ b/Help/module/FindVTK.rst
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
-.. cmake-module:: ../../Modules/FindVTK.cmake
+FindVTK
+-------
+
+This module no longer exists.
+
+This module existed in versions of CMake prior to 3.1, but became
+only a thin wrapper around ``find_package(VTK NO_MODULE)`` to
+provide compatibility for projects using long-outdated conventions.
+Now ``find_package(VTK)`` will search for ``VTKConfig.cmake``
+directly.
diff --git a/Modules/FindVTK.cmake b/Modules/FindVTK.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 60f48dd40..000000000
--- a/Modules/FindVTK.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-#.rst:
-# FindVTK
-# -------
-#
-# Find a VTK installation or build tree.
-#
-# The following variables are set if VTK is found.  If VTK is not found,
-# VTK_FOUND is set to false.
-#
-# ::
-#
-#   VTK_FOUND         - Set to true when VTK is found.
-#
-# The following cache entries must be set by the user to locate VTK:
-#
-# ::
-#
-#   VTK_DIR  - The directory containing VTKConfig.cmake.
-#              This is either the root of the build tree,
-#              or the lib/vtk directory.  This is the
-#              only cache entry.
-#
-# The following variables are set for backward compatibility and should
-# not be used in new code:
-#
-# ::
-#
-#   USE_VTK_FILE - The full path to the UseVTK.cmake file.
-#                  This is provided for backward
-#                  compatibility.  Use VTK_USE_FILE
-#                  instead.
-
-#=============================================================================
-# Copyright 2001-2014 Kitware, Inc.
-#
-# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
-# see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
-#
-# This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
-# implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-# See the License for more information.
-#=============================================================================
-# (To distribute this file outside of CMake, substitute the full
-#  License text for the above reference.)
-
-# Use the Config mode of the find_package() command to find VTKConfig.
-# If this succeeds (possibly because VTK_DIR is already set), the
-# command will have already loaded VTKConfig.cmake and set VTK_FOUND.
-if(NOT VTK_FOUND)
-  set(_VTK_REQUIRED "")
-  if(VTK_FIND_REQUIRED)
-    set(_VTK_REQUIRED REQUIRED)
-  endif()
-  set(_VTK_QUIET "")
-  if(VTK_FIND_QUIETLY)
-    set(_VTK_QUIET QUIET)
-  endif()
-  find_package(VTK ${_VTK_REQUIRED} ${_VTK_QUIET} NO_MODULE)
-  unset(_VTK_REQUIRED)
-  unset(_VTK_QUIET)
-endif()
-
-if(VTK_FOUND)
-  # Set USE_VTK_FILE for backward-compatibility.
-  set(USE_VTK_FILE ${VTK_USE_FILE})
-endif()