diff --git a/wget.spec b/wget.spec
index 2cc565a..ff20bfe 100644
--- a/wget.spec
+++ b/wget.spec
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
     /sbin/install-info --delete %{_infodir}/wget.info.gz %{_infodir}/dir || :
 fi
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %files -f %{name}.lang
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc AUTHORS MAILING-LIST NEWS README COPYING doc/sample.wgetrc