diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
index 6419c1c23485..f51fdf85e59b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 , Cocoa
 , CoreSymbolication
 , OpenGL
-, noSplash ? false
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -143,8 +142,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       -e '1iset(nlohmann_json_DIR "${nlohmann_json}/lib/cmake/nlohmann_json/")'
 
     patchShebangs build/unix/
-  '' + lib.optionalString noSplash ''
-    substituteInPlace rootx/src/rootx.cxx --replace "gNoLogo = false" "gNoLogo = true"
   '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     # Eliminate impure reference to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks
     substituteInPlace core/macosx/CMakeLists.txt \