diff --git a/389-ds-base.spec b/389-ds-base.spec
index 4842ed6..f7cff9b 100644
--- a/389-ds-base.spec
+++ b/389-ds-base.spec
@@ -361,9 +361,6 @@ sed -i -e 's|#{{PERL-EXEC}}|#!/usr/bin/perl|' $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{pkgna
 # This checks the code, if it fails it prints why, then re-raises the fail to shortcircuit the rpm build.
 if ! make DESTDIR="$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" check; then cat ./test-suite.log && false; fi
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %post
 output=/dev/null
 # reload to pick up any changes to systemd files