diff --git a/ebook-tools.spec b/ebook-tools.spec
index bf5f719..3979c5d 100644
--- a/ebook-tools.spec
+++ b/ebook-tools.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ URL:		http://sourceforge.net/projects/ebook-tools/
 
 Source0:	http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ebook-tools/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 ## upstreamable patches
 # support libzip pkgconfig