diff --git a/docbook2X.spec b/docbook2X.spec
index 9c0610f..3972904 100644
--- a/docbook2X.spec
+++ b/docbook2X.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ License:        MIT
 URL:            http://docbook2x.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/docbook2x/docbook2X-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  perl-interpreter perl-generators libxslt openjade texinfo %{_bindir}/sgml2xml
 # required by the perl -c calls during build