diff --git a/pyodbc.spec b/pyodbc.spec
index ca5d340..24d28a4 100644
--- a/pyodbc.spec
+++ b/pyodbc.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ Group:          Development/Languages
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/mkleehammer/pyodbc
 Source0:        https://github.com/mkleehammer/pyodbc/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  unixODBC-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-devel