diff --git a/festival.spec b/festival.spec
index e3257ab..9a318cb 100644
--- a/festival.spec
+++ b/festival.spec
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ Requires: festvox-slt-arctic-hts
 Requires: festival-lib = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires: festival-speechtools-libs = %{speechtoolsversion}-%{release}
 
-BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{festivalversion}-%{release}-XXXXXX)