diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/CMakeLists.txt b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/CMakeLists.txt
index fc2804fd5..9b843f3b4 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(
 )
 
 # Build the client-side plugin
-ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(
-    PV4FoamReader
-    "1.0"
-    GUI_RESOURCES PV4FoamReader.qrc
-)
+#ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(
+#    PV4FoamReader
+#    "1.0"
+#    GUI_RESOURCES PV4FoamReader.qrc
+#)
 
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(
     PV4FoamReader_SM
diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader.qrc b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader.qrc
deleted file mode 100644
index c5bfc27b7..000000000
--- a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader.qrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<RCC>
-    <qresource prefix="/ParaViewResources" >
-        <file>PV4FoamReader.xml</file>
-    </qresource>
-</RCC>
diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader.xml b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bb940768d..000000000
--- a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<ParaViewReaders>
-  <Reader name="PV4FoamReader"
-          extensions="OpenFOAM"
-          file_description="OpenFOAM Reader">
-  </Reader>
-</ParaViewReaders>
diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader_SM.xml b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader_SM.xml
index 350a58f0a..9be87c4f3 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader_SM.xml
+++ b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader/PV4FoamReader_SM.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
     name="PV4FoamReader"
     class="vtkPV4FoamReader">
 
+    <!-- File extension section for paraview 4.3+ -->
+
+      <Hints>
+        <ReaderFactory
+          extensions="OpenFOAM"
+          file_description="OpenFOAM Reader" />
+      </Hints>
+
     <!-- File name - compulsory -->
     <StringVectorProperty
       name="FileName"