diff --git a/pngcrush.spec b/pngcrush.spec
index 2f0ee12..640ffec 100644
--- a/pngcrush.spec
+++ b/pngcrush.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ URL:            http://pmt.sourceforge.net/%{name}/
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pmt/%{name}-%{version}-nolib.tar.xz
 # from Debian sid.
 Source1:        %{name}.sgml
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 BuildRequires:  libpng-devel, zlib-devel, pkgconfig, docbook-utils
 
 %description