diff --git a/libucil.spec b/libucil.spec
index 249be44..6db0c89 100644
--- a/libucil.spec
+++ b/libucil.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ BuildRequires:	intltool, /usr/bin/perl, perl(XML::Parser), gettext, gtk-doc >= 1
 BuildRequires:	libunicap-devel, glib2-devel, pango-devel, alsa-lib-devel
 BuildRequires:	libtheora-devel, libogg-devel, libvorbis-devel, libpng-devel
 Obsoletes:	unicap <= 0.9.7-1
-BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 %description
 Unicap provides a uniform interface to video capture devices. It allows