diff --git a/src/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index e18e445bfb0ea80f0248b6a4a0b70da64eaa98a1..5a29ff4cc28ceb975984dd94ae49c190a62026fe 100644
--- a/src/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
 find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
 find_package(DD4hep REQUIRED COMPONENTS DDCore DDG4 )
-find_package(ROOT REQUIRED COMPONENTS Geom GenVector MathCore OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS http)
+find_package(ROOT REQUIRED COMPONENTS Geom GenVector MathCore)
 include(${ROOT_USE_FILE})
 
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