diff --git a/librelp.spec b/librelp.spec
index 709d9e4..e0b5418 100644
--- a/librelp.spec
+++ b/librelp.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Source0: http://download.rsyslog.com/librelp/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Requires(post): /sbin/ldconfig
 Requires(postun): /sbin/ldconfig
 BuildRequires: gnutls-devel >= 1.4.0
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 Patch0: librelp-1.2.13-crypto-compliance.patch