diff --git a/ForwardDetectors/AFP/AFP_Monitoring/CMakeLists.txt b/ForwardDetectors/AFP/AFP_Monitoring/CMakeLists.txt
index 4713da1c4af735df752a1c62d63a133ee31ffa6c..4547f9c73a4e495c805e71e28a6d25fecc5114d6 100644
--- a/ForwardDetectors/AFP/AFP_Monitoring/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ForwardDetectors/AFP/AFP_Monitoring/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ atlas_depends_on_subdirs( PUBLIC
    Event/xAOD/xAODForward
    ForwardDetectors/AFP/AFP_RawEv
    PRIVATE
-   External/AtlasROOT
    Tools/LWHists
    Event/xAOD/xAODEventInfo
    )
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ atlas_add_component( AFP_Monitoring
    src/components/*.cxx
    PUBLIC_HEADERS AFP_Monitoring
    INCLUDE_DIRS ${CORAL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-   LINK_LIBRARIES ${ROOT_LIBRARIES} AthenaMonitoringLib LWHists xAODForward xAODEventInfo AFP_RawEv)
+   LINK_LIBRARIES AthenaMonitoringLib LWHists xAODForward xAODEventInfo AFP_RawEv)
 
 atlas_install_headers( AFP_Monitoring )
 atlas_install_joboptions( share/*.py )