diff --git a/newt.spec b/newt.spec
index d2491bf..e6560a4 100644
--- a/newt.spec
+++ b/newt.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Source: https://fedorahosted.org/released/newt/newt-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires: popt-devel python-devel slang-devel
 BuildRequires: docbook-utils
 Provides: snack = %{version}-%{release}
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 %package devel
 Summary: Newt windowing toolkit development files
@@ -67,38 +66,30 @@ chmod 0644 peanuts.py popcorn.py
 docbook2txt tutorial.sgml
 
 %install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install
 
 %find_lang %{name}
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
-%defattr (-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING
 %{_bindir}/whiptail
 %{_libdir}/libnewt.so.*
 %{_mandir}/man1/whiptail.1*
 
 %files devel
-%defattr (-,root,root)
 %doc tutorial.*
 %{_includedir}/newt.h
 %{_libdir}/libnewt.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libnewt.pc
 
 %files static
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/libnewt.a
 
 %files python
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc peanuts.py popcorn.py
 %{python_sitearch}/*.so
 %{python_sitearch}/*.py*