diff --git a/Database/RegistrationServices/CMakeLists.txt b/Database/RegistrationServices/CMakeLists.txt
index a25ede806f78736b895a1b1e4eafb80e50301d3e..c20b14352e453d25de825697bbc8b1821589d14d 100644
--- a/Database/RegistrationServices/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Database/RegistrationServices/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ atlas_add_component( RegistrationServices
                      src/IOVRegistrationSvc.cxx
                      src/OutputConditionsAlg.cxx
                      src/components/*.cxx
-                     INCLUDE_DIRS ${COOL_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${ROOT_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CORAL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+                     INCLUDE_DIRS ${COOL_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CORAL_INCLUDE_DIRS}
                      LINK_LIBRARIES ${COOL_LIBRARIES} ${CORAL_LIBRARIES} AthenaBaseComps AthenaKernel AthenaPoolUtilities CollectionBase DBDataModel FileCatalog IOVDbSvcLib PersistentDataModel PoolSvcLib RegistrationServicesLib SGTools StoreGateLib )
 
 # Install files from the package: