diff --git a/geos.spec b/geos.spec
index 3bc4f16..d0efd30 100644
--- a/geos.spec
+++ b/geos.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ URL:		http://trac.osgeo.org/geos/
 Source0:	http://download.osgeo.org/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:		geos-gcc43.patch
 
-BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:	doxygen libtool
 BuildRequires:	python-devel