diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
index 871f5ece9cfe..0199373b082c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, cmake, pcre, pkgconfig, python2
 , libX11, libXpm, libXft, libXext, libGLU_combined, zlib, libxml2, lzma, gsl_1
-, Cocoa, OpenGL, cf-private, noSplash ? false }:
+, Cocoa, OpenGL, noSplash ? false }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "root-${version}";
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ cmake pcre python2 zlib libxml2 lzma gsl_1 ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ libX11 libXpm libXft libXext libGLU_combined ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin) [ Cocoa OpenGL cf-private ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin) [ Cocoa OpenGL ]
     ;
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
index 8b9573ce4e8b..2ec1ded68a26 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pcre, pkgconfig, python2
 , libX11, libXpm, libXft, libXext, libGLU_combined, zlib, libxml2, lz4, lzma, gsl, xxHash
-, Cocoa, OpenGL, cf-private, noSplash ? false }:
+, Cocoa, OpenGL, noSplash ? false }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "root-${version}";
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ cmake pcre python2 zlib libxml2 lz4 lzma gsl xxHash ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ libX11 libXpm libXft libXext libGLU_combined ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin) [ Cocoa OpenGL cf-private ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin) [ Cocoa OpenGL ]
     ;
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6747577c2947..44b78298f6b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23013,13 +23013,11 @@ in
   ns-3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/networking/ns3 { };
 
   root = callPackage ../applications/science/misc/root {
-    inherit (darwin) cf-private;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa OpenGL;
     stdenv = if stdenv.cc.isClang then llvmPackages_5.stdenv else stdenv;
   };
 
   root5 = lowPrio (callPackage ../applications/science/misc/root/5.nix {
-    inherit (darwin) cf-private;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa OpenGL;
     stdenv = if stdenv.cc.isClang then llvmPackages_5.stdenv else stdenv;
   });