diff --git a/startup-notification.spec b/startup-notification.spec
index 5e19c36..dfb7395 100644
--- a/startup-notification.spec
+++ b/startup-notification.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ URL: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/startup-notification/
 Source0: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/startup-notification/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 License: LGPLv2
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel
 BuildRequires: libXt-devel
 BuildRequires: xcb-util-devel