diff --git a/espeak-ng.spec b/espeak-ng.spec
index 3099262..9493cb4 100644
--- a/espeak-ng.spec
+++ b/espeak-ng.spec
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ ESPEAK_DATA_PATH=`pwd` LD_LIBRARY_PATH=src:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} src/espeak-ng ...
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %license COPYING
 %license COPYING.IEEE
 %doc README.md
@@ -84,19 +83,16 @@ ESPEAK_DATA_PATH=`pwd` LD_LIBRARY_PATH=src:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} src/espeak-ng ...
 %{_mandir}/man1/espeak-ng.1.gz
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/espeak-ng.pc
 %{_libdir}/libespeak-ng.so
 %{_includedir}/espeak-ng
 
 %files vim
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_datadir}/vim/vimfiles/ftdetect/espeakfiletype.vim
 %{_datadir}/vim/vimfiles/syntax/espeaklist.vim
 %{_datadir}/vim/vimfiles/syntax/espeakrules.vim
 
 %files doc
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc docs/*.html
 
 %changelog