diff --git a/cmake/modules/RootBuildOptions.cmake b/cmake/modules/RootBuildOptions.cmake
index 104df1cb24df52bad1cd8ef938574aaacebe1323..b62b4493052a33b78b561675096db67792f2f2d5 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/RootBuildOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/RootBuildOptions.cmake
@@ -184,21 +184,6 @@ if (runtime_cxxmodules)
   set(pch_defvalue OFF)
 endif(runtime_cxxmodules)
 
-#--- TMVA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# User can specify either old name or new name for enabling rmva
-if (tmva)
-  if (r OR tmva-rmva)
-    set(r ON)
-    set(tmva-rmva ON)
-  endif()
-else()
-  set(tmva-cpu OFF CACHE BOOL "Disabled because tmva is disabled (${tmva-cpu_description})" FORCE)
-  set(tmva-gpu OFF CACHE BOOL "Disabled because tmva is disabled (${tmva-gpu_description})" FORCE)
-  set(tmva-rmva OFF CACHE BOOL "Disabled because tmva is disabled (${tmva-rmva_description})" FORCE)
-  set(tmva-pymva OFF CACHE BOOL "Disabled because tmva is disabled (${tmva-pymva_description})" FORCE)
-endif()
-
-
 #--- Compression algorithms in ROOT-------------------------------------------------------------
 set(compression_default "zlib" CACHE STRING "Default compression algorithm (zlib (default), lz4, or lzma)")
 string(TOLOWER "${compression_default}" compression_default)