diff --git a/scientific/root/root.conf b/scientific/root/root.conf
index d258beb9f..af9b74fb9 100644
--- a/scientific/root/root.conf
+++ b/scientific/root/root.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../root/root.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ var_remove_regex GCC_WRAPPER_APPEND " " "-s"
 var_append GCC_WRAPPER_INSERT " " "-O2"
 
 # defaults
-rootconfopt="--enable-rpath --enable-shared --enable-soversion --enable-explicitlink --enable-exceptions --enable-thread --enable-shadowpw"
+rootconfopt="--enable-rpath --enable-soversion --enable-explicitlink --enable-shadowpw"
 
 #FIXME --with-mysql-{incdir,libdir}
 #FIXME --with-ldap-{incdir,libdir}
diff --git a/scientific/root/root.desc b/scientific/root/root.desc
index bd2897d8a..cd479f223 100644
--- a/scientific/root/root.desc
+++ b/scientific/root/root.desc
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-
 [COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 [COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 [COPY]
 [COPY] Filename: package/.../root/root.desc
+[COPY] Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 [COPY] Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
 [COPY]
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@
 
 [L] Free-to-use
 [S] Beta
-[V] 5.11.06
+[V] 5.20.00
 [P] X -----5---9 221.300
 
-[D] 2374491494 root_v5.11.06.source.tar.gz ftp://root.cern.ch/root/
-
+[D] 3531521130 root_v5.20.00.source.tar.gz ftp://root.cern.ch/root/