diff --git a/babl.spec b/babl.spec
index c6de030..045c2a3 100644
--- a/babl.spec
+++ b/babl.spec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ License:	LGPLv3+ and GPLv3+
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
 URL:		http://www.gegl.org/babl/
 Source0:	http://download.gimp.org/pub/babl/%{apiver}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+
 BuildRequires:	librsvg2
 
 %description