diff --git a/xfsdump.spec b/xfsdump.spec
index cba28e6..3ba02e6 100644
--- a/xfsdump.spec
+++ b/xfsdump.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ License: GPL+
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/
 Source0: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/xfs/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: libtool, gettext, gawk
 BuildRequires: xfsprogs-devel, libuuid-devel, libattr-devel ncurses-devel
 Requires: xfsprogs >= 2.6.30, attr >= 2.0.0