diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/ROOT-8728-extra.patch b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/ROOT-8728-extra.patch
index ec8c160c6f3b..a396a848f142 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/ROOT-8728-extra.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/ROOT-8728-extra.patch
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-diff --git a/core/base/inc/ROOT/StringConv.hxx b/core/base/inc/ROOT/StringConv.hxx
-index 629fc18..4efa54a 100644
---- a/core/base/inc/ROOT/StringConv.hxx
-+++ b/core/base/inc/ROOT/StringConv.hxx
-@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ EFromHumanReadableSize FromHumanReadableSize(std::string_view str, T &value)
-       size_t size = str.size();
-       size_t cur;
-       // Parse leading numeric factor
--      const double coeff = stod(str, &cur);
-+      const double coeff = stod(static_cast<std::string>(str), &cur);
- 
-       // Skip any intermediate white space
-       while (cur<size && isspace(str[cur])) ++cur;
 diff --git a/core/metacling/src/TCling.cxx b/core/metacling/src/TCling.cxx
 index d71cb74..076facb 100644
 --- a/core/metacling/src/TCling.cxx
@@ -186,15 +173,3 @@ index 94a8b28..0b67867 100644
                                                        DataInfo(), "" );
  
     MethodBase *method = (dynamic_cast<MethodBase*>(im));
-diff -aru a/core/base/inc/TString.h b/core/base/inc/TString.h
---- a/core/base/inc/TString.h
-+++ b/core/base/inc/TString.h
-@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
-    char          operator[](Ssiz_t i) const;     // Index with bounds checking
- 
-    operator std::string_view() const { return std::string_view(Data(),fExtent); }
--   operator std::string() const { return std::string_view(Data(),fExtent).to_string(); }
-+   operator std::string() const { return static_cast<std::string>(std::string_view(Data(),fExtent)); }
- 
-    const char   *Data() const;
-    Ssiz_t        Length() const          { return fExtent; }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
index 726f6352c957..8916a9fd1677 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "root-${version}";
-  version = "6.09.02";
+  version = "6.10.00";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://root.cern.ch/download/root_v${version}.source.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0fc6b0l7bw66cyckxs4ikvyzcv1zlfx88205jx153smdhih0jj2k";
+    sha256 = "1rxqcpqf1b3sxig5xbh3mkvarhg9lgj2f0gv0j48klfw8kgfwlsp";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ cmake pcre pkgconfig python2 zlib libxml2 lzma gsl ]
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./thisroot.patch
 
     # https://sft.its.cern.ch/jira/browse/ROOT-8728
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://sft.its.cern.ch/jira/secure/attachment/20025/0001-std-string_view-has-no-more-to_string.patch";
-      sha256 = "0ngyk960xfrcsj4vhr1ax8h85fx0g1cfycxi3k35a6ych2zmyg8q";
-    })
     ./ROOT-8728-extra.patch
   ];
 
@@ -47,6 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Dfftw3=OFF"
     "-Dfitsio=OFF"
     "-Dfortran=OFF"
+    "-Dimt=OFF"
     "-Dgfal=OFF"
     "-Dgviz=OFF"
     "-Dhdfs=OFF"
@@ -66,7 +63,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Dxml=ON"
     "-Dxrootd=OFF"
   ]
-  ++ stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.cc.libc != null) "-DC_INCLUDE_DIRS=${stdenv.lib.getDev stdenv.cc.libc}/include";
+  ++ stdenv.lib.optional (stdenv.cc.libc != null) "-DC_INCLUDE_DIRS=${stdenv.lib.getDev stdenv.cc.libc}/include"
+  ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "-DOPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR=${OpenGL}/Library/Frameworks";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;