diff --git a/symlinks.spec b/symlinks.spec
index ea4f055..2059d62 100644
--- a/symlinks.spec
+++ b/symlinks.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Source0: http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: symlinks-LICENSE.txt
 Patch1: symlinks-coverity-readlink.patch
 Patch2: symlinks-coverity-overrun-dynamic.patch
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 %description
 The symlinks utility performs maintenance on symbolic links.  Symlinks