diff --git a/pyflowtools.spec b/pyflowtools.spec
index 871911f..0d16996 100644
--- a/pyflowtools.spec
+++ b/pyflowtools.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ export libdirname=%{_lib}
 python setup.py install --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc COPYING CHANGES README example.py flowprint-full
 %{python_sitearch}/*