diff --git a/xen.spec b/xen.spec
index 4e99f22..18f4055 100644
--- a/xen.spec
+++ b/xen.spec
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ Patch43: xen.comet.fixes.patch
 Patch44: xen.xsa254.pti.patch
 
 
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 %if %build_qemutrad
 BuildRequires: libidn-devel zlib-devel SDL-devel curl-devel
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel gtk2-devel libaio-devel