diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/root/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/root/package.py
index d84c3577a55..975500655e0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/root/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/root/package.py
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ class Root(CMakePackage):
     depends_on('fftw',      when='+fftw')
     depends_on('graphviz',  when='+graphviz')
     depends_on('gsl',       when='+gsl')
-    depends_on('http',      when='+http')
     depends_on('jemalloc',  when='+jemalloc')
     depends_on('kerberos',  when='+kerberos')
     depends_on('ldap',      when='+ldap')