diff --git a/sgml-common.spec b/sgml-common.spec
index d6852f6..fb0bef8 100644
--- a/sgml-common.spec
+++ b/sgml-common.spec
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ if [ $1 -gt 1 ] && [ -e %{_sysconfdir}/xml/catalog ]; then
 fi
 
 %files
-%defattr (-,root,root, -)
 %doc __dist_doc/html/ AUTHORS NEWS ChangeLog COPYING README
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/sgml
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sgml/sgml.conf
@@ -174,7 +173,6 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man8/install-catalog.8*
 
 %files -n xml-common
-%defattr (-,root,root,-)
 %doc AUTHORS NEWS ChangeLog COPYING README
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/xml
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/sgml