diff --git a/libvtemm.spec b/libvtemm.spec
index c7877d7..ade400e 100644
--- a/libvtemm.spec
+++ b/libvtemm.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 License:        LGPLv3+ and GPLv3+
 URL:            http://gtkmm.org
 Source0:        http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/%{name}/%{release_version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  glibmm24-devel >= 2.22.0
 BuildRequires:  pangomm-devel >= 2.24.0