diff --git a/brltty.spec b/brltty.spec
index e3997ac..107fd2a 100644
--- a/brltty.spec
+++ b/brltty.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 %define pkg_version 4.3
 %define api_version 0.5.6
 
-%{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 %{!?pyver: %define pyver %(%{__python} -c "import sys; v=sys.version_info[:2]; print '%d.%d'%v")}
 
 %{!?tcl_version: %define tcl_version %(echo 'puts $tcl_version' | tclsh)}
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ Patch1: brltty-autoconf-quote.patch
 #Patch2: brltty-4.2-S_ISCHR.patch
 Patch3: brltty-parallel.patch
 Patch4: brltty-loadLibrary.patch
-BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 Summary: Braille display driver for Linux/Unix
 BuildRequires: byacc glibc-kernheaders
 BuildRequires: autoconf
@@ -201,7 +199,6 @@ while read file; do
 done
 
 %install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 # does not seem to be parallel safe
 make install JAVA_JAR_DIR=%{_jnidir} \
              JAVA_JNI_DIR=%{_libdir}/brltty \
@@ -219,9 +216,6 @@ mv Documents/BrlAPIref/{html,BrlAPIref}
 # Don't want static lib
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libbrlapi.a
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %post
 devices="/dev/vcsa /dev/vcsa0 /dev/vcc/a"
 install=true
@@ -247,7 +241,6 @@ exit 0
 %postun -n brlapi -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/brltty.conf
 %{_sysconfdir}/brltty/
 %{_bindir}/brltty
@@ -280,7 +273,6 @@ exit 0
 %{_libdir}/brltty/libbrlttyxas.so
 
 %files -n brlapi
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_bindir}/vstp
 %{_bindir}/xbrlapi
 %{_libdir}/brltty/libbrlttybba.so
@@ -291,7 +283,6 @@ exit 0
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/vstp.*
 
 %files -n brlapi-devel
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_prefix}/%{_lib}/libbrlapi.so
 %{_includedir}/brltty
 %{_includedir}/brlapi*.h
@@ -299,22 +290,18 @@ exit 0
 %doc Documents/BrlAPIref/BrlAPIref/
 
 %files -n tcl-brlapi
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{tcl_sitearch}/brlapi-%{api_version}
 
 %files -n python-brlapi
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{python_sitearch}/brlapi.so
 %{python_sitearch}/Brlapi-%{api_version}-py%{pyver}.egg-info
 
 %files -n brlapi-java
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/brltty/libbrlapi_java.so
 %{_jnidir}/brlapi.jar
 
 %if 0%{?with_ocaml}
 %files -n ocaml-brlapi
-%defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_prefix}/%{_lib}/ocaml/brlapi/
 %{_prefix}/%{_lib}/ocaml/stublibs/
 %endif