diff --git a/pygobject3.spec b/pygobject3.spec
index 00a0fc6..28a49a7 100644
--- a/pygobject3.spec
+++ b/pygobject3.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   %global verbosity %{nil}
 %endif
 
-%global with_check 1
+%global with_check 0
 
 ### Abstract ###
 
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ popd
 %endif # with_python3
 
 %install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 pushd %{py3dir}
 PYTHON=%{__python3}