diff --git a/Framework/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/Framework/Core/CMakeLists.txt
index e58a6414e06ac..25f2e60f402c4 100644
--- a/Framework/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Framework/Core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ o2_add_library(Framework
                                      O2::Headers
                                      O2::MemoryResources
                                      O2::PCG
-                                     ROOT::Tree
                                      RapidJSON::RapidJSON
                                      Arrow::arrow_shared
                                      Microsoft.GSL::GSL