diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index e261e259a4bdc17d4b964cf6ff9d474a3f04fa35..b629e18e8db052b5b3c6e4a93b67e4e39840e208 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -255,7 +255,6 @@ Version: @VERSION@
 Release: 1%{?dist}%{?extra_release}
 License: LGPLv2+
 Group: Development/Libraries
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 URL: https://libvirt.org/
 
 %if %(echo %{version} | grep -q "\.0$"; echo $?) == 1