diff --git a/libtirpc.spec b/libtirpc.spec
index 71c609d..cf68017 100644
--- a/libtirpc.spec
+++ b/libtirpc.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Summary:		Transport Independent RPC Library
 Group:		  	System Environment/Libraries
 License:		SISSL and BSD
 URL:  			http://nfsv4.bullopensource.org/
-BuildRoot:		%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 Source0:		http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libtirpc/libtirpc-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
 Patch001:			libtirpc-1.0.3-rc1.patch