diff --git a/libiptcdata.spec b/libiptcdata.spec
index a9a292c..62d2e88 100644
--- a/libiptcdata.spec
+++ b/libiptcdata.spec
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/%{name}.la
 rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{python_sitearch}/iptcdata.la
 %find_lang %{name} --all-name
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig