diff --git a/cracklib.spec b/cracklib.spec
index caacbd5..62ad374 100644
--- a/cracklib.spec
+++ b/cracklib.spec
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ EOF
 %ldconfig_scriptlets
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc README README-WORDS NEWS README-LICENSE AUTHORS
 %{!?_licensedir:%global license %%doc}
 %license COPYING.LIB
@@ -214,13 +213,11 @@ EOF
 %{_mandir}/man8/*
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_includedir}/*
 %{_libdir}/libcrack.so
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 
 %files dicts
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_datadir}/cracklib/pw_dict.*
 %{_datadir}/cracklib/cracklib-small.*
 %{_libdir}/cracklib_dict.*
@@ -229,7 +226,6 @@ EOF
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} == 0
 %files -n python2-cracklib
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/_cracklib*.so
 %{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/*.py*
 %endif