diff --git a/mtdev.spec b/mtdev.spec
index cf5e7fd..fbcf1dc 100644
--- a/mtdev.spec
+++ b/mtdev.spec
@@ -59,12 +59,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc COPYING README
 %{_libdir}/libmtdev.so.*
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %{_includedir}/mtdev.h
 %{_includedir}/mtdev-plumbing.h
 %{_includedir}/mtdev-mapping.h
@@ -73,6 +71,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_bindir}/mtdev-test
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 28 2016 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@redhat.com>
+- remove unnecessary defattr
+
 * Wed Jun 17 2015 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.1.5-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Mass_Rebuild