diff --git a/apache-commons-io.spec b/apache-commons-io.spec
index 317dbd8..9780f4c 100644
--- a/apache-commons-io.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-io.spec
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ This package provides %{summary}.
 %setup -q -n %{short_name}-%{version}-src
 cp %{SOURCE1} build.xml
 
+%pom_remove_parent
+
 %build
 %{ant} \
 	-Dcompiler.source=1.8 \