diff --git a/wget.spec b/wget.spec
index cad736b..2cc565a 100644
--- a/wget.spec
+++ b/wget.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Requires(preun): /sbin/install-info
 # needed for test suite
 BuildRequires: perl-HTTP-Daemon, python3
 BuildRequires: gnutls-devel, pkgconfig, texinfo, gettext, autoconf, libidn2-devel, libuuid-devel, perl-podlators, libpsl-devel, libmetalink-devel, gpgme-devel
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 %description
 GNU Wget is a file retrieval utility which can use either the HTTP or