diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index b629e18e8db052b5b3c6e4a93b67e4e39840e208..81f99e5c0a48daab5449887a8a725c4c6d634405 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1457,9 +1457,6 @@ mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/systemtap/tapset/libvirt_qemu_probes.stp \
    $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/systemtap/tapset/libvirt_qemu_probes-64.stp
 %endif
 
-%clean
-rm -fr %{buildroot}
-
 %check
 cd tests
 # These tests don't current work in a mock build root