diff --git a/goocanvas.spec b/goocanvas.spec
index 8d5ad1e..0ade23b 100644
--- a/goocanvas.spec
+++ b/goocanvas.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 License:        LGPLv2+
 URL:            https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GooCanvas
 Source0:        ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/%{name}/1.0.0/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig, gettext, gtk2-devel
 BuildRequires:  cairo-devel >= 1.4.0