diff --git a/cgit.spec b/cgit.spec
index a445232..5108988 100644
--- a/cgit.spec
+++ b/cgit.spec
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ Provides:       bundled(git) = %gitver
 Patch1:         cgit-0.9.1-highlightv3.patch
 BuildRequires:  highlight
 %endif
-BuildRoot:      %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 
 BuildRequires:  asciidoc
 %if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 5