diff --git a/objectstore/RootEntry.cpp b/objectstore/RootEntry.cpp
index eada97c40ff26ed51373c0d1ed591d461726c2a5..9524e517ce255a2ef5d6be508eb6b1d6f5d78fbd 100644
--- a/objectstore/RootEntry.cpp
+++ b/objectstore/RootEntry.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 // construtor, when the backend store exists.
 // Checks the existence and correctness of the root entry
 cta::objectstore::RootEntry::RootEntry(Backend & os):
-  ObjectOps<serializers::RootEntry>(os, s_rootEntryName) {}
+  ObjectOps<serializers::RootEntry>(os, "root") {}
 
 // Initialiser. This uses the base object's initialiser and sets the defaults 
 // of payload.
@@ -221,5 +221,3 @@ std::string cta::objectstore::RootEntry::dump () {
   ret << ">>>> Root entry dump start" << std::endl;
   return ret.str();
 }
-
-const std::string cta::objectstore::RootEntry::s_rootEntryName("root");
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diff --git a/objectstore/RootEntry.hpp b/objectstore/RootEntry.hpp
index b84b9a1fac574100118e74ca68bae1dc5b8b0bb4..065b9a1e733cd746b2dbde2e2a29b7b5ac3ff1df 100644
--- a/objectstore/RootEntry.hpp
+++ b/objectstore/RootEntry.hpp
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ private:
 public:
   // Dump the root entry
   std::string dump ();
-
-  private:
-    static const std::string s_rootEntryName;
 };
 
 }}