diff --git a/fprintd.spec b/fprintd.spec
index be3da1a..b8cb1d9 100644
--- a/fprintd.spec
+++ b/fprintd.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Group:		System Environment/Daemons
 License:	GPLv2+
 Source0:	http://freedesktop.org/~hadess/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Url:		http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/fprintd
-BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 ExcludeArch:    s390 s390x
 
 BuildRequires:	dbus-glib-devel