diff --git a/icu.spec b/icu.spec
index 242d158..33ddbe0 100644
--- a/icu.spec
+++ b/icu.spec
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ chmod a+x $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/%{name}-config
 sed -i s/\\\$\(THREADSCXXFLAGS\)// $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/icu.pc
 sed -i s/\\\$\(THREADSCPPFLAGS\)/-D_REENTRANT/ $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/icu.pc
 
-%check || :
-make -C source check
-
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT