diff --git a/leafpad.spec b/leafpad.spec
index da9c7f5..2a3cc4b 100644
--- a/leafpad.spec
+++ b/leafpad.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Group:          Applications/Editors
 License:        GPLv2+
 URL:            http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/
 Source0:        http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/leafpad/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  gtk2-devel >= 2.4
 BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils