diff --git a/oddjob.spec b/oddjob.spec
index 1efa878..8ff99ed 100644
--- a/oddjob.spec
+++ b/oddjob.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Source1: https://releases.pagure.org/oddjob/oddjob-%{version}.tar.gz.sig
 Summary: A D-Bus service which runs odd jobs on behalf of client applications
 License: BSD
 Group: System Environment/Daemons
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: dbus-devel >= 0.22, dbus-x11, libselinux-devel, libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires: pam-devel, python-devel, pkgconfig
 BuildRequires: cyrus-sasl-devel, krb5-devel, openldap-devel