diff --git a/libxml2.spec b/libxml2.spec
index 674739a..b380716 100644
--- a/libxml2.spec
+++ b/libxml2.spec
@@ -139,9 +139,6 @@ gzip -9 -c doc/libxml2-api.xml > doc/libxml2-api.xml.gz
 %check
 make runtests
 
-%clean
-rm -fr %{buildroot}
-
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig