diff --git a/zbar.spec b/zbar.spec
index 3e8ee19..4e5f0fc 100644
--- a/zbar.spec
+++ b/zbar.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ License:	LGPLv2+
 URL:		http://zbar.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:	https://linuxtv.org/downloads/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 
-BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:	autoconf automake libtool python-devel gettext-devel
 BuildRequires:	qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtx11extras-devel