diff --git a/docbook-style-xsl.spec b/docbook-style-xsl.spec
index 9f2797e..bd2d17a 100644
--- a/docbook-style-xsl.spec
+++ b/docbook-style-xsl.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ Requires(postun): libxml2 >= 2.4.8
 # PassiveTeX before 1.21 can't handle the newer stylesheets.
 Conflicts: passivetex < 1.21
 
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 
 BuildArch: noarch
 Source0: https://github.com/docbook/xslt10-stylesheets/releases/download/release%2F{%version}/docbook-xsl-nons-%{version}.tar.bz2