diff --git a/graphviz.spec b/graphviz.spec
index 614e503..cb4d66e 100644
--- a/graphviz.spec
+++ b/graphviz.spec
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ License:		EPL
 URL:			http://www.graphviz.org/
 Source0:		http://www.graphviz.org/pub/graphviz/ARCHIVE/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:			graphviz-2.40.1-visio.patch
-BuildRoot:		%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:		zlib-devel, libpng-devel, libjpeg-devel, expat-devel, freetype-devel >= 2
 BuildRequires:		ksh, bison, m4, flex, tk-devel, tcl-devel >= 8.3, swig
 BuildRequires:		fontconfig-devel, libtool-ltdl-devel, ruby-devel, ruby, guile-devel, python2-devel