diff --git a/libspatialite.spec b/libspatialite.spec
index 0252e06..dc8bff7 100644
--- a/libspatialite.spec
+++ b/libspatialite.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ License:   MPLv1.1 or GPLv2+ or LGPLv2+
 URL:       https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/libspatialite
 Source0:   http://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/%{name}-sources/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 
 # EPEL 5 reminiscences are for ELGIS