diff --git a/tzdata.spec b/tzdata.spec
index 14c4037..584113d 100644
--- a/tzdata.spec
+++ b/tzdata.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Source1: ftp://ftp.iana.org/tz/releases/tzcode%{tzcode_version}.tar.gz
 
 Patch002: 0002-Fix-have-snprintf-error.patch
 
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: gawk, glibc, perl-interpreter
 BuildRequires: java-devel
 BuildRequires: glibc-common >= 2.5.90-7