diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/GoogleTest/itk-module.cmake b/Modules/ThirdParty/GoogleTest/itk-module.cmake
index 5571748129..19ebb60885 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/GoogleTest/itk-module.cmake
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/GoogleTest/itk-module.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Google's C++ test framework.")
 
 itk_module(ITKGoogleTest
   DEPENDS
+  EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT
   DESCRIPTION
     "${DOCUMENTATION}"
 )