diff --git a/apr-util.spec b/apr-util.spec
index 4ddd179..ee72d8f 100644
--- a/apr-util.spec
+++ b/apr-util.spec
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ Source0: http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch1: apr-util-1.2.7-pkgconf.patch
 Patch4: apr-util-1.4.1-private.patch
 Patch5: apr-util-mariadb-upstream.patch
-BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-buildroot
 BuildRequires: autoconf, apr-devel >= 1.3.0
 BuildRequires: %{dbdep}, expat-devel, libuuid-devel
 %if 0%{?fedora} < 27