diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
index 6d6108a4360b..ba8911f5fc0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
@@ -151,40 +151,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
-    "-Drpath=ON"
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=bin"
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
     "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include"
     "-Dbuiltin_llvm=OFF"
-    "-Dbuiltin_freetype=OFF"
-    "-Dbuiltin_gtest=OFF"
-    "-Dbuiltin_nlohmannjson=OFF"
-    "-Dbuiltin_openui5=ON"
     "-Dclad=OFF"
-    "-Ddavix=ON"
-    "-Ddcache=OFF"
     "-Dfail-on-missing=ON"
-    "-Dfftw3=OFF"
     "-Dfitsio=OFF"
-    "-Dfortran=OFF"
     "-Dgnuinstall=ON"
-    "-Dimt=ON"
-    "-Dgviz=OFF"
-    "-Dhttp=ON"
     "-Dmysql=OFF"
-    "-Dodbc=OFF"
-    "-Dopengl=ON"
     "-Dpgsql=OFF"
-    "-Dpythia8=OFF"
-    "-Droot7=ON"
     "-Dsqlite=OFF"
-    "-Dssl=ON"
-    "-Dtmva=ON"
     "-Dtmva-pymva=OFF"
     "-Dvdt=OFF"
-    "-Dwebgui=ON"
-    "-Dxml=ON"
-    "-Dxrootd=ON"
   ]
   ++ lib.optional (stdenv.cc.libc != null) "-DC_INCLUDE_DIRS=${lib.getDev stdenv.cc.libc}/include"
   ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [