diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aa05c02568..ef2b5e3f52 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -354,28 +354,6 @@ add_dependencies(onepcm ${__allTargets})
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/etc/allDict.cxx.pch DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR})
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/etc/dictpch DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR})
 
-#---hsimple.root---------(use the executable for clearer dependencies and proper return code)---
-if(NOT WIN32)
-add_custom_target(hsimple ALL DEPENDS tutorials/hsimple.root)
-add_dependencies(hsimple onepcm)
-if(WIN32)
-  add_custom_command(OUTPUT tutorials/hsimple.root
-                     COMMAND set PATH=${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY} &&
-                             set ROOTIGNOREPREFIX=1 &&
-                             $<TARGET_FILE:root.exe> -l -q -b -n -x hsimple.C -e return
-                     WORKING_DIRECTORY tutorials
-                     DEPENDS $<TARGET_FILE:root.exe> Cling Hist Tree Gpad Graf HistPainter move_artifacts)
-else()
-  add_custom_command(OUTPUT tutorials/hsimple.root
-                     COMMAND ${ld_library_path}=${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}:$ENV{${ld_library_path}}
-                             ROOTIGNOREPREFIX=1
-                             $<TARGET_FILE:root.exe> -l -q -b -n -x hsimple.C -e return
-                     WORKING_DIRECTORY tutorials
-                     DEPENDS $<TARGET_FILE:root.exe> Cling Hist Tree Gpad Graf HistPainter move_artifacts)
-endif()
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tutorials/hsimple.root DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_TUTDIR} COMPONENT tests)
-endif()
-
 #---version--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if(NOT WIN32)
 add_custom_target(version COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/build/unix/makeversion.sh ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}