diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
index d1106a758473..220b2e06360f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "root-${version}";
-  version = "6.04.18";
+  version = "6.08.02";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://root.cern.ch/download/root_v${version}.source.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "00f3v3l8nimfkcxpn9qpyh3h23na0mi4wkds2y5gwqh8wh3jryq9";
+    sha256 = "0530v1r4rvds52hgb13f00l3phhn76z6vii550mwv8bj3sl5070k";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake pcre pkgconfig python2 zlib lzma gsl ]
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ;
 
   patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/root-mirror/root/commit/ee9964210c56e7c1868618a4434c5340fef38fe4.patch";
-      sha256 = "186i7ni75yvjydy6lpmaplqxfb5z2019bgpbhff1n6zn2qlrff2r";
-    })
     ./sw_vers.patch
 
     # this prevents thisroot.sh from setting $p, which interferes with stdenv setup
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/sw_vers.patch b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/sw_vers.patch
index 3de2b839bf4b..c4632d62b4fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/sw_vers.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/sw_vers.patch
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ diff --git a/cmake/modules/SetUpMacOS.cmake b/cmake/modules/SetUpMacOS.cmake
 @@ -38,27 +24,6 @@ if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES Darwin)
         SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -m64")
         SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -m64")
-        SET(CMAKE_FORTRAN_FLAGS "${CMAKE_FORTRAN_FLAGS} -m64")
+        SET(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS} -m64")
 -    else(${SYSCTL_OUTPUT} MATCHES 64)
 -       MESSAGE(STATUS "Found a 32bit system")
 -       SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -m32")
 -       SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -m32")
--       SET(CMAKE_FORTRAN_FLAGS "${CMAKE_FORTRAN_FLAGS} -m32")
+-       SET(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS} -m32")
 -    endif(${SYSCTL_OUTPUT} MATCHES 64)
 -  endif()
 -