diff --git a/environments/key4hep-common/packages.yaml b/environments/key4hep-common/packages.yaml
index 37dccff1..9bb339c7 100644
--- a/environments/key4hep-common/packages.yaml
+++ b/environments/key4hep-common/packages.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ packages:
   geant4:
     require: +qt+opengl+vecgeom cxxstd=17
   root:
-    variants: +davix+fftw+gsl+math+minuit+mlp+opengl~postgres~pythia6+pythia8+python+r+root7+roofit+rpath~shadow+sqlite+ssl+tbb+threads+tmva+unuran+vc+vdt+x+xml+xrootd cxxstd=17 build_type=RelWithDebInfo
+    require: +davix+fftw+gsl+math+minuit+mlp+opengl~postgres~pythia6+pythia8+python+r+root7+roofit+rpath~shadow+sqlite+ssl+tbb+threads+tmva+unuran+vc+vdt+x+xml+xrootd cxxstd=17 build_type=RelWithDebInfo
   marlin:
     require: +lccd
   py-tensorflow: