diff --git a/PRIVATE b/PRIVATE
index 4a83e6082..b17c5cfe6 160000
--- a/PRIVATE
+++ b/PRIVATE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4a83e608245830af2b762c66f3bbd1fb04cef94a
+Subproject commit b17c5cfe67e8db6a80d9b832e789e24561b829dd
diff --git a/processing/post/vtk_addPointCloudData.py b/processing/post/vtk_addPointCloudData.py
index 833bfc88e..1ec590f0c 100755
--- a/processing/post/vtk_addPointCloudData.py
+++ b/processing/post/vtk_addPointCloudData.py
@@ -73,25 +73,20 @@ else:
   parser.error('unsupported VTK file type extension.')
 
 Npoints   = Polydata.GetNumberOfPoints()
-Ncells    = Polydata.GetNumberOfCells()
-Nvertices = Polydata.GetNumberOfVerts()
 
-if Npoints != Ncells or Npoints != Nvertices:
-  parser.error('number of points, cells, and vertices in VTK differ from each other.')
-
-damask.util.croak('{}: {} points/vertices/cells...'.format(options.vtk,Npoints))
+damask.util.croak('{}: {} points...'.format(options.vtk,Npoints))
 
 for name in filenames:
   damask.util.report(scriptName,name)
 
   table = damask.Table.from_ASCII(StringIO(''.join(sys.stdin.read())) if name is None else name)
-  
+
   VTKarray = {}
   for data in options.data:
     VTKarray[data] = numpy_support.numpy_to_vtk(table.get(data).copy(),
                                                 deep=True,array_type=vtk.VTK_DOUBLE)
     VTKarray[data].SetName(data)
-  
+
   for color in options.color:
     VTKarray[color] = numpy_support.numpy_to_vtk((table.get(color)*255).astype(int).copy(),
                                                 deep=True,array_type=vtk.VTK_UNSIGNED_CHAR)
diff --git a/processing/post/vtk_pointCloud.py b/processing/post/vtk_pointCloud.py
index 44f719267..d73402ef6 100755
--- a/processing/post/vtk_pointCloud.py
+++ b/processing/post/vtk_pointCloud.py
@@ -40,22 +40,17 @@ for name in filenames:
 
   table = damask.Table.from_ASCII(StringIO(''.join(sys.stdin.read())) if name is None else name)
 
-# ------------------------------------------ process data ---------------------------------------  
-
+# ------------------------------------------ process data ---------------------------------------
   Polydata = vtk.vtkPolyData()
   Points   = vtk.vtkPoints()
-  Vertices = vtk.vtkCellArray()
 
   for p in table.get(options.pos):
     pointID = Points.InsertNextPoint(p)
-    Vertices.InsertNextCell(1)
-    Vertices.InsertCellPoint(pointID)
 
   Polydata.SetPoints(Points)
-  Polydata.SetVerts(Vertices)
   Polydata.Modified()
- 
-# ------------------------------------------ output result ---------------------------------------  
+
+# ------------------------------------------ output result ---------------------------------------
 
   if name:
     writer = vtk.vtkXMLPolyDataWriter()
@@ -68,8 +63,8 @@ for name in filenames:
     writer = vtk.vtkDataSetWriter()
     writer.SetHeader('# powered by '+scriptID)
     writer.WriteToOutputStringOn()
-  
-  
+
+
   writer.SetInputData(Polydata)
 
   writer.Write()