diff --git a/evolution.spec b/evolution.spec
index c9d1959..136a1f4 100644
--- a/evolution.spec
+++ b/evolution.spec
@@ -331,7 +331,6 @@ glib-compile-schemas %{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas &>/dev/null || :
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files -f translations.lang
-%defattr(-, root, root)
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README
 
 # GSettings schemas:
@@ -487,7 +486,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(-, root, root)
 %{_includedir}/evolution
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/evolution-calendar-3.0.pc
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/evolution-mail-3.0.pc
@@ -495,7 +493,6 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libemail-engine.pc
 
 %files devel-docs
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/evolution-mail-composer
 %doc %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/evolution-mail-engine
 %doc %{_datadir}/gtk-doc/html/evolution-mail-formatter
@@ -504,27 +501,22 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %if %{with_docs}
 %files help -f help.lang
-%defattr(-, root, root)
 %dir %{_datadir}/help/*/evolution
 %endif
 
 %files bogofilter
-%defattr(-, root, root)
 %{_libdir}/evolution/modules/module-bogofilter.so
 %{_datadir}/appdata/evolution-bogofilter.metainfo.xml
 
 %files spamassassin
-%defattr(-, root, root)
 %{_libdir}/evolution/modules/module-spamassassin.so
 %{_datadir}/appdata/evolution-spamassassin.metainfo.xml
 
 %files perl
-%defattr(-, root, root)
 %{_libexecdir}/evolution/csv2vcard
 
 %if %{libpst_support}
 %files pst
-%defattr(-, root, root)
 %{_datadir}/appdata/evolution-pst.metainfo.xml
 %{evo_plugin_dir}/org-gnome-pst-import.eplug
 %{evo_plugin_dir}/liborg-gnome-pst-import.so