diff --git a/cmake/external_projects/parmetis.cmake b/cmake/external_projects/parmetis.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index a194e3f2..00000000
--- a/cmake/external_projects/parmetis.cmake
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@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-set(METIS_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dependencies/src/parmetis/metis)
-set(PARMETIS_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dependencies/src/parametis)
-ExternalProject_Add(parmetis
-  PREFIX ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dependencies
-  URL "http://glaros.dtc.umn.edu/gkhome/fetch/sw/parmetis/parmetis-4.0.3.tar.gz"
-  URL_MD5 f69c479586bf6bb7aff6a9bc0c739628
-  CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS -DMETIS_PATH:string=${METIS_DIR} -DGKLIB_PATH:string=${METIS_DIR}/GKlib
-  DOWNLOAD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external_dependencies
-  UPDATE_COMMAND "" # Disable update
-  BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-  )
-set_vars( NETGEN_CMAKE_ARGS METIS_DIR )
-
-list(APPEND NETGEN_DEPENDENCIES parmetis)