diff --git a/etckeeper.spec b/etckeeper.spec
index 3e52083..349e61d 100644
--- a/etckeeper.spec
+++ b/etckeeper.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ URL:       http://etckeeper.branchable.com/
 Source0:   https://github.com/joeyh/etckeeper/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:   README.fedora
 Patch0:    etckeeper-makefile-remove-python-plugins.patch
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: python2-markdown
 Requires:  git >= 1.5.4