diff --git a/distro/scripts/root_cots.sh b/distro/scripts/root_cots.sh
index 6090ac218f84209c3c6173b8550950fe2fc7d2c3..986d1d35e67e31ead7bbd88755a1500e20fbbb71 100755
--- a/distro/scripts/root_cots.sh
+++ b/distro/scripts/root_cots.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 install()
 {
     yum -y update  && \
-    yum -y install libstdc++6  && \ 
 	yum -y install openssl-devel.x86_64 && \
     yum -y install patch && \
     yum -y install csh && \