diff --git a/bsdiff.spec b/bsdiff.spec
index 226975f..ef0ed7d 100644
--- a/bsdiff.spec
+++ b/bsdiff.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Group:		Development/Tools
 Source0:	http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/bsdiff-%{version}.tar.gz
 URL:		http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/
 BuildRequires:	bzip2-devel
-BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 %description
 bsdiff and bspatch are tools for building and applying patches to binary files.