diff --git a/zenity.spec b/zenity.spec
index ac5dcd6..91bfa08 100644
--- a/zenity.spec
+++ b/zenity.spec
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 # we don't want a perl dependency just for this
-rm $RPM_BUILD_DIR%{_bindir}/gdialog
+rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/gdialog
 
 %find_lang zenity --with-gnome