diff --git a/gawk.changes b/gawk.changes
index 4d39cee..742c252 100644
--- a/gawk.changes
+++ b/gawk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec 13 23:01:16 UTC 2012 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Remove unneded %clean section
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep  7 12:48:01 UTC 2012 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gawk.spec b/gawk.spec
index e46d2a6..9464b5f 100644
--- a/gawk.spec
+++ b/gawk.spec
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/*-%{version} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/awk
 touch $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}/awk $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man1/awk.1.gz
 %find_lang %name
 
-%clean
-rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %post
 /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --install /bin/awk awk /bin/gawk 20 \
   --slave /usr/bin/awk usr-bin-awk /bin/gawk \