diff --git a/iperf3.spec b/iperf3.spec
index 6936c41..6cee6dc 100644
--- a/iperf3.spec
+++ b/iperf3.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Group:          Applications/Internet
 License:        BSD
 URL:            http://github.com/esnet/iperf
 Source0:        http://downloads.es.net/pub/iperf/iperf-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 BuildRequires:  libuuid-devel
 
 %description