diff --git a/jemalloc.spec b/jemalloc.spec
index 390021f..a108264 100644
--- a/jemalloc.spec
+++ b/jemalloc.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Group:          System Environment/Libraries
 License:        BSD
 URL:            http://www.canonware.com/jemalloc/
 Source0:        https://github.com/jemalloc/%{name}/releases/download/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 # Disable explicit altivec
 Patch4:         jemalloc-5.0.1.no_explicit_altivec.patch