diff --git a/shared-mime-info.spec b/shared-mime-info.spec
index 18b7a7f..8e4bc26 100644
--- a/shared-mime-info.spec
+++ b/shared-mime-info.spec
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Source4: eog-defaults.list
 # Work-around for https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40354
 Patch0: 0001-Remove-sub-classing-from-OO.o-mime-types.patch
 
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
 BuildRequires:  glib2-devel
 BuildRequires:  gettext