diff --git a/Common/OpenFile.cpp b/Common/OpenFile.cpp
index 9b5180056c4908b6c9f631ce38edd2b4cffb86ea..751b1e154ead934ca8a46a5f0dbad38f4742898c 100644
--- a/Common/OpenFile.cpp
+++ b/Common/OpenFile.cpp
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ int MergeFile(const char *name, int warn_if_missing)
   else if(!strcmp(ext, ".unv") || !strcmp(ext, ".UNV")){
     status = m->readUNV(name);
   }
+  else if(!strcmp(ext, ".vtk") || !strcmp(ext, ".VTK")){
+    status = m->readVTK(name);
+  }
   else if(!strcmp(ext, ".wrl") || !strcmp(ext, ".WRL") || 
           !strcmp(ext, ".vrml") || !strcmp(ext, ".VRML") ||
           !strcmp(ext, ".iv") || !strcmp(ext, ".IV")){
diff --git a/Post/PViewDataGModelIO.cpp b/Post/PViewDataGModelIO.cpp
index bce6f2c8b15f100c8678f8111dc392476343b1de..cfebecdc7fbe6633a7100c0fbe0c78eee49e4460 100644
--- a/Post/PViewDataGModelIO.cpp
+++ b/Post/PViewDataGModelIO.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // See the LICENSE.txt file for license information. Please report all
 // bugs and problems to <gmsh@geuz.org>.
 
-#include <string.h>
 #include "Message.h"
 #include "PViewDataGModel.h"
 #include "MVertex.h"