diff --git a/gnucash-docs.spec b/gnucash-docs.spec
index 7b73ac7..7c65a16 100644
--- a/gnucash-docs.spec
+++ b/gnucash-docs.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GFDL
 Group: Applications/Productivity
 Source: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildArchitectures: noarch
 BuildRequires: libxslt
 Requires: yelp