diff --git a/.github/install-dependency-packages.sh b/.github/install-dependency-packages.sh
index 5cb77682..fab1ab5d 100755
--- a/.github/install-dependency-packages.sh
+++ b/.github/install-dependency-packages.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ GENERAL_PACKAGE_LIST_LINUX=(
 IGUANA_PACKAGE_LIST_LINUX=(
   fmt
   yaml-cpp
-  root
 )
 
 ##############################
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ GENERAL_PACKAGE_LIST_MACOS=(
 IGUANA_PACKAGE_LIST_MACOS=(
   fmt
   yaml-cpp
-  root
 )
 
 #############################################
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e2a9ef7e..99b4eb38 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ hipo_dep = dependency(
 )
 ROOT_dep = dependency(
   'ROOT',
-  method: 'cmake',
-  version: run_command('meson' / 'minimum-version.sh', 'ROOT', check: true).stdout().strip(),
   required: false,
+  method:   'cmake',
+  version:  '>=6.28'
 )
 
 # list of dependencies
diff --git a/meson/minimum-version.sh b/meson/minimum-version.sh
index 0e430e62..661ec2e2 100755
--- a/meson/minimum-version.sh
+++ b/meson/minimum-version.sh
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ case $dep in
     result_meson='>=0.7.0'
     result_ala='https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/y/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp-0.7.0-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
     ;;
-  ROOT|root)
-    result_meson='>=6.28'
-    result_ala='https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/r/root/root-6.28.08-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst'
-    ;;
   *)
     echo "ERROR: dependency '$dep' is unknown" >&2
     exit 1