diff --git a/Control/DataModelRoot/CMakeLists.txt b/Control/DataModelRoot/CMakeLists.txt
index ba8b1ba365fc7bccd2a99ddd4f20813f2ea7006b..d440eb34ca01035bc276d23e48fec3c199bb1e70 100644
--- a/Control/DataModelRoot/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Control/DataModelRoot/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,29 +1,20 @@
-################################################################################
-# Package: DataModelRoot
-################################################################################
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2020 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
 
 # Declare the package name:
 atlas_subdir( DataModelRoot )
 
-atlas_depends_on_subdirs (
-  PUBLIC
-  Control/CxxUtils
-  PRIVATE
-  Control/RootUtils )
-
 # External dependencies:
-find_package( ROOT COMPONENTS Core Tree MathCore Hist RIO pthread )
+find_package( ROOT COMPONENTS Core RIO )
 
 # Component(s) in the package:
 atlas_add_library( DataModelRoot
                    src/*.cxx
                    PUBLIC_HEADERS DataModelRoot
                    INCLUDE_DIRS ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                   LINK_LIBRARIES RootUtils ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} )
+                   LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} CxxUtils
+                   PRIVATE_LINK_LIBRARIES RootUtils )
 
 atlas_add_dictionary( DataModelRootDict
                       DataModelRoot/DataModelRootDict.h
                       DataModelRoot/selection.xml
-                      INCLUDE_DIRS ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                      LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} DataModelRoot )
-
+                      LINK_LIBRARIES DataModelRoot )