diff --git a/prosody.spec b/prosody.spec
index 4f289b5..644aa55 100644
--- a/prosody.spec
+++ b/prosody.spec
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Requires:          lua >= %{luaver}
 Requires:          lua-filesystem, lua-bitop, lua-expat, lua-socket, lua-sec
 BuildRequires:     lua, lua-devel
 %endif
-BuildRoot:         %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 %description
 Prosody is a flexible communications server for Jabber/XMPP written in Lua.