diff --git a/spack-environment/packages.yaml b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
index 39ca6604940dcab2b1f240d9742eebef1488596f..4f6d4eb0890f420374fcc4aebc72bd7666d52a9b 100644
--- a/spack-environment/packages.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
@@ -409,8 +409,6 @@ packages:
     require:
     - '@5.7.0'
     - cxxstd=20 -davix +python +scitokens-cpp
-    package_attributes:
-      url: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/releases/download/v5.6.9/xrootd-5.6.9.tar.gz
   zlib-api:
     require:
     - zlib-ng