diff --git a/uuid.spec b/uuid.spec
index 1178d53..adaf6ec 100644
--- a/uuid.spec
+++ b/uuid.spec
@@ -161,9 +161,6 @@ perl -MData::UUID -e 'print "Testing compatibility of Data::UUID version $Data::
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../.libs make test TEST_FILES=uuid_compat.ts
 popd
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %post c++ -p /sbin/ldconfig