diff --git a/xmlsec1.spec b/xmlsec1.spec
index d2fb5ce..103bdc5 100644
--- a/xmlsec1.spec
+++ b/xmlsec1.spec
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ V=1 make
 sed 's+/lib64+/$archlib+g' < xmlsec1-config | sed 's+/lib+/$archlib+g' | sed 's+ -DXMLSEC_NO_SIZE_T++' > xmlsec1-config.$$ && mv xmlsec1-config.$$ xmlsec1-config
 
 %install
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/bin
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/include/xmlsec1
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_libdir}