diff --git a/festival.spec b/festival.spec
index c7e83e6..90716c2 100644
--- a/festival.spec
+++ b/festival.spec
@@ -767,7 +767,6 @@ fi
 
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc ACKNOWLEDGMENTS COPYING NEWS README
 %doc COPYING.poslex COPYING.cmudict
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/festival
@@ -800,30 +799,25 @@ fi
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %files lib
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING
 %{_libdir}/libFestival.so.*
 
 %files docs
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc festdoc-%{docversion}/festival/html/*html
 %{_infodir}/*
 
 %files speechtools-libs
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc README.speechtools
 %{_libdir}/libestbase.so.*
 %{_libdir}/libestools.so.*
 %{_libdir}/libeststring.so.*
 
 %files speechtools-utils
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc README.speechtools
 %dir %{_libexecdir}/speech-tools
 %{_libexecdir}/speech-tools/*
 
 %files speechtools-devel
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc festdoc-%{docversion}/speech_tools
 %{_libdir}/libestbase.so
 %{_libdir}/libestools.so
@@ -832,63 +826,54 @@ fi
 %{_includedir}/speech_tools/*
 
 %files -n festvox-kal-diphone
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING.kal_diphone
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/english
 %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/english/kal_diphone
 
 %files -n festvox-ked-diphone
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING.ked_diphone
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/english
 %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/english/ked_diphone
 
 %files -n festvox-awb-arctic-hts
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING.nitech_us_awb_arctic_hts COPYING.hts README.htsvoice
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/us
 %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/us/nitech_us_awb_arctic_hts
 
 %files -n festvox-bdl-arctic-hts
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING.nitech_us_bdl_arctic_hts COPYING.hts README.htsvoice
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/us
 %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/us/nitech_us_bdl_arctic_hts
 
 %files -n festvox-clb-arctic-hts
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING.nitech_us_clb_arctic_hts COPYING.hts README.htsvoice
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/us
 %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/us/nitech_us_clb_arctic_hts
 
 %files -n festvox-jmk-arctic-hts
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING.nitech_us_jmk_arctic_hts COPYING.hts README.htsvoice
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/us
 %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/us/nitech_us_jmk_arctic_hts
 
 %files -n festvox-rms-arctic-hts
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING.nitech_us_rms_arctic_hts COPYING.hts README.htsvoice
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/us
 %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/us/nitech_us_rms_arctic_hts
 
 %files -n festvox-slt-arctic-hts
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING.nitech_us_slt_arctic_hts COPYING.hts README.htsvoice
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/us
 %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/us/nitech_us_slt_arctic_hts
 
 %files -n hispavoces-pal-diphone
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING.hispavoces
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/es
@@ -896,7 +881,6 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/es/JuntaDeAndalucia_es_pa_diphone/*
 
 %files -n hispavoces-sfl-diphone
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING.hispavoces
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices
 %dir %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/es
@@ -904,7 +888,6 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/festival/lib/voices/es/JuntaDeAndalucia_es_sf_diphone/*
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING
 %{_libdir}/libFestival.so
 %dir %{_includedir}/festival