diff --git a/perl-String-Escape.spec b/perl-String-Escape.spec
index 9378799..fba6250 100644
--- a/perl-String-Escape.spec
+++ b/perl-String-Escape.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 Group:          Development/Libraries
 URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/String-Escape/
 Source0:        http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/E/EV/EVO/String-Escape-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  coreutils
 BuildRequires:  findutils