diff --git a/diffutils.spec b/diffutils.spec
index 8f34de1..a64203c 100644
--- a/diffutils.spec
+++ b/diffutils.spec
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
   /sbin/install-info --delete %{_infodir}/%{name}.info %{_infodir}/dir || :
 fi
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %files -f %{name}.lang
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc NEWS README