diff --git a/tomcat.spec b/tomcat.spec
index 54cf6b6..0a4c8d9 100644
--- a/tomcat.spec
+++ b/tomcat.spec
@@ -285,8 +285,6 @@ export OPT_JAR_LIST="xalan-j2-serializer"
    %{__rm} output/build/bin/commons-daemon.jar \
            output/build/lib/ecj.jar
 
-    # remove the cruft we created
-   %{__rm} output/build/bin/tomcat-native.tar.gz
 pushd output/dist/src/webapps/docs/appdev/sample/src
 %{__mkdir_p} ../web/WEB-INF/classes
 %{javac} -cp ../../../../../../../../output/build/lib/servlet-api.jar -d ../web/WEB-INF/classes mypackage/Hello.java