diff --git a/openpgm.spec b/openpgm.spec
index 9736337..a680431 100644
--- a/openpgm.spec
+++ b/openpgm.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ License:       LGPLv2
 URL:           http://openpgm.googlecode.com/
 Source0:       http://openpgm.googlecode.com/files/libpgm-%{version}~dfsg.tar.gz
 
-BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires: python
 BuildRequires: perl-interpreter