diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d6dc9da7c80fe60bc7545d1d8140c42d09c3d79..1c5b1c456bb71eb6dc4e0a2d3e7e34c8eeb3406f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ ENDIF(OTB_USE_EXTERNAL_ITK)
 
 
 # JPEG2000 specification control
+SET(OTB_COMPILE_JPEG2000 0)
 IF( OTB_USE_JPEG2000 )
   SET(OTB_COMPILE_JPEG2000 1)
   IF(OTB_USE_EXTERNAL_ITK)
@@ -126,8 +127,6 @@ ENDIF(OTB_COMPILE_JPEG2000)
 
 
 
-
-
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Option for generate Visu tools !!!
 OPTION(OTB_USE_VISU_GUI "Generate Gui/Visu tools directory. If ON, find OpenGL and FLTK packages." ON)
@@ -503,15 +502,10 @@ ENDIF(OTB_USE_VISU_GUI)
 # => Create OTB_ALGO_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES
 SET(OTB_ALGO_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES "otb6S otbgalib InsightJournal otbsvm")
 
-IF(NOT OTB_USE_EXTERNAL_ITK)
-# Case for release 2.2.1
-# SET(OTB_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES "${OTB_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES}") 
-  IF(OTB_USE_JPEG2000)
+# => Create OTB_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES
+IF( OTB_COMPILE_JPEG2000 )
      SET(OTB_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES "${OTB_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES} otbopenjpeg") 
-   ELSE(OTB_USE_JPEG2000)
-     SET(OTB_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES "${OTB_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES} ") 
-   ENDIF(OTB_USE_JPEG2000)
-ENDIF(NOT OTB_USE_EXTERNAL_ITK)
+ENDIF( OTB_COMPILE_JPEG2000 )
 
 # => Create OTB_ALLS_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES
 SET(OTB_ALLS_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES "${OTB_IO_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES} ${OTB_ALGO_UTILITIES_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES}")