diff --git a/libieee1284.spec b/libieee1284.spec
index 450e397..50da6f5 100644
--- a/libieee1284.spec
+++ b/libieee1284.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ URL: http://cyberelk.net/tim/libieee1284/
 Source0: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch1: libieee1284-strict-aliasing.patch
 Patch2: libieee1284-aarch64.patch
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: xmlto, python2-devel
 
 %description