diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/D3PDTools/EventLoopGrid/Root/PrunDriver.cxx b/PhysicsAnalysis/D3PDTools/EventLoopGrid/Root/PrunDriver.cxx
index 91f0577b11523450e559ed025b9ae053d377589a..4277c18fa8b52bc39316b81b920b0efa046cb16d 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/D3PDTools/EventLoopGrid/Root/PrunDriver.cxx
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/D3PDTools/EventLoopGrid/Root/PrunDriver.cxx
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ static SH::MetaObject defaultOpts()
   SH::MetaObject o;
   o.setString("nc_nGBPerJob", "MAX");
   o.setString("nc_mergeOutput", "true");
-  o.setString("nc_rootVer", gROOT->GetVersion());
   o.setString("nc_cmtConfig", gSystem->ExpandPathName("$AnalysisBase_PLATFORM"));
   o.setString("nc_useAthenaPackages", "true");
   const std::string mergestr = "elg_merge jobdef.root %OUT %IN";