diff --git a/patterns-devel-java.spec b/patterns-devel-java.spec
index 4fc0491..ffa00a8 100644
--- a/patterns-devel-java.spec
+++ b/patterns-devel-java.spec
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Group:          Metapackages
 Url:            https://github.com/openSUSE/patterns
 Source0:        %{name}-rpmlintrc
 BuildRequires:  patterns-rpm-macros
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
 This is an internal package that is used to create the patterns as part