diff --git a/apache-ivy.spec b/apache-ivy.spec
index b7ed23f..32a623e 100644
--- a/apache-ivy.spec
+++ b/apache-ivy.spec
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ commons-httpclient
 ant /localivy /offline jar javadoc
 
 %install
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 # Code
 install -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}
 install -p -m644 build/artifact/jars/ivy.jar $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_javadir}/ivy-%{version}.jar