diff --git a/gawk.spec b/gawk.spec
index d71f675..89e6612 100644
--- a/gawk.spec
+++ b/gawk.spec
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 make check
 
 %install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make install DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
@@ -62,9 +61,6 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/{,p}gawk-%{version}* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_infodir}
 
 %find_lang %name
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %post
 if [ -f %{_infodir}/gawk.info.gz ]; then
     /sbin/install-info %{_infodir}/gawk.info.gz %{_infodir}/dir || :