diff --git a/publican.spec b/publican.spec
index 6b8b0b7..ebb3678 100644
--- a/publican.spec
+++ b/publican.spec
@@ -301,9 +301,6 @@ if [ "$1" = 0 ]; then
   "-//OASIS//ENTITIES DocBook Character Entities V4.5//EN" $CATALOG
 fi
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %files -f %{name}.lang
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc Changes README COPYING Artistic pod1/publican