diff --git a/iftop.spec b/iftop.spec
index 9db108b..d060438 100644
--- a/iftop.spec
+++ b/iftop.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Patch0:		iftop-1.0-ncursesw.patch
 Patch1:		iftop-1.0-mac-address.patch
 Patch2:		iftop-1.0-dns-resolution.patch
 BuildRequires:	ncurses-devel, %{_includedir}/pcap.h
-BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 %description
 iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to