diff --git a/libxml2.spec b/libxml2.spec
index 0c82434..674739a 100644
--- a/libxml2.spec
+++ b/libxml2.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Version: 2.9.5
 Release: 3%{?dist}%{?extra_release}
 License: MIT
 Source: ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
 BuildRequires: python2-devel
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 BuildRequires: python3-devel