diff --git a/Database/IOVDbDataModel/CMakeLists.txt b/Database/IOVDbDataModel/CMakeLists.txt
index 32a53f4c395779654f914266c288be2c201c8d9b..ac8ec282e2daf74520989a2cc9552d6ff7991a80 100644
--- a/Database/IOVDbDataModel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Database/IOVDbDataModel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,32 +1,15 @@
-################################################################################
-# Package: IOVDbDataModel
-################################################################################
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 
 # Declare the package name:
 atlas_subdir( IOVDbDataModel )
 
-# Declare the package's dependencies:
-atlas_depends_on_subdirs( PUBLIC
-                          Control/AthenaKernel
-                          Database/AthenaPOOL/AthenaPoolUtilities
-                          GaudiKernel
-                          PRIVATE
-                          Control/RootUtils )
-
-# External dependencies:
-find_package( ROOT COMPONENTS Core Tree MathCore Hist RIO pthread )
-
 # Component(s) in the package:
 atlas_add_library( IOVDbDataModel
                    src/*.cxx
                    PUBLIC_HEADERS IOVDbDataModel
-                   PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                   LINK_LIBRARIES AthenaKernel AthenaPoolUtilities GaudiKernel RootUtilsPyROOT
-                   PRIVATE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} RootUtils )
+                   LINK_LIBRARIES AthenaKernel AthenaPoolUtilities GaudiKernel RootUtils )
 
 atlas_add_dictionary( IOVDbDataModelDict
                       IOVDbDataModel/IOVDbDataModelDict.h
                       IOVDbDataModel/selection.xml
-                      INCLUDE_DIRS ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                      LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaKernel AthenaPoolUtilities GaudiKernel RootUtils RootUtilsPyROOT IOVDbDataModel )
-
+                      LINK_LIBRARIES IOVDbDataModel )