diff --git a/suitesparse.spec b/suitesparse.spec
index f43d26c..9e6de48 100644
--- a/suitesparse.spec
+++ b/suitesparse.spec
@@ -415,21 +415,17 @@ hardlink -cv Docs/ Licenses/
 
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %license Licenses
 %{_libdir}/lib*.so.*
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_includedir}/%{name}
 %{_libdir}/lib*.so
 
 %files static
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/lib*.a
 
 %files doc
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc Doc/*
 
 %changelog