diff --git a/sugar-view-slides.spec b/sugar-view-slides.spec
index f12eb84..2b13179 100644
--- a/sugar-view-slides.spec
+++ b/sugar-view-slides.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Group:          Sugar/Activities
 License:        GPLv3+
 URL:            http://wiki.laptop.org/go/View_Slides
 Source0:        http://download.sugarlabs.org/sources/honey/ViewSlides/ViewSlides-%{version}.tar.bz2
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  python