diff --git a/gnome-activity-journal.spec b/gnome-activity-journal.spec
index 9e37080..d69de5d 100644
--- a/gnome-activity-journal.spec
+++ b/gnome-activity-journal.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Group:          Applications/File
 License:        GPLv3+
 URL:            https://launchpad.net/%{name}
 Source0:        http://launchpad.net/%{name}/0.8/%{version}/+download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 # Simple patch to get rid of rpmlint error about non-executable script
 Patch1:         %{name}-non-executable-script-fix.patch