diff --git a/Event/EventContainers/CMakeLists.txt b/Event/EventContainers/CMakeLists.txt
index 35dd151127216a77fbab369f14f1a22420c19bcd..13966852d9b4f540d4fb08514265de2d32a5a74d 100644
--- a/Event/EventContainers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Event/EventContainers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ atlas_add_library( EventContainers
 atlas_add_dictionary( EventContainersDict
                       EventContainers/EventContainersDict.h
                       EventContainers/selection.xml
-                      INCLUDE_DIRS ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-                      LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} EventContainers )
+                      LINK_LIBRARIES EventContainers )
 
 
 atlas_add_test( IdCont SOURCES test/ID_ContainerTest.cxx
@@ -50,4 +49,4 @@ atlas_add_test( IDBenchTest SOURCES test/IDC_Benchmark.cxx
                 INCLUDE_DIRS src test EventContainers
                 LINK_LIBRARIES Identifier AthenaKernel GaudiKernel EventContainers
                 LOG_IGNORE_PATTERN "time"
-              )
\ No newline at end of file
+              )