diff --git a/openstack-swift.spec b/openstack-swift.spec
index 7115b83..f4c9c63 100644
--- a/openstack-swift.spec
+++ b/openstack-swift.spec
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ Source61:         proxy-server.conf
 Source62:         object-expirer.conf
 Source600:        %{name}-proxy.upstart
 Source7:          swift.conf
-BuildRoot:        %{_tmppath}/swift-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 #
 # patches_base=1.10.0.rc1
@@ -194,7 +193,6 @@ SPHINX_DEBUG=1 sphinx-1.0-build -b html doc/source doc/build/html
 #rm doc/build/html/.buildinfo
 
 %install
-rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{__python} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root %{buildroot}
 # Init helper functions
 install -p -D -m 644 %{SOURCE1} %{buildroot}%{_datarootdir}/%{name}/functions