diff --git a/templates/ghc b/templates/ghc
index 1537688..d5bf772 100644
--- a/templates/ghc
+++ b/templates/ghc
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ Requires(preun): %{__install_info}
 BuildRequires: ghc
 BuildRequires: hscolour
 Requires:      ghc = %{ghc_ver}
-BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 
 %description
 ...
diff --git a/templates/gnome b/templates/gnome
index 0283820..e6fa93c 100644
--- a/templates/gnome
+++ b/templates/gnome
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ License:       GPL
 ## note: run 'autospec -u -a6 @pck_name@' to get the list of build requirements.
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
 BuildRequires: gtk-doc
-BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 
 %description
 ...
diff --git a/templates/kde3 b/templates/kde3
index e8c1269..dc05527 100644
--- a/templates/kde3
+++ b/templates/kde3
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ License:       ...
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
 ## note: run 'autospec -u -a6 @pck_name@' to get the list of build requirements.
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
-BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 
 %description
 ...
diff --git a/templates/kde4 b/templates/kde4
index 02e4a4e..53d5ecc 100644
--- a/templates/kde4
+++ b/templates/kde4
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ BuildRequires: kdelibs-devel
 ## note: run 'autospec -u -a6 @pck_name@' to get the list of build requirements.
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
 Requires:      kdelibs%{?_kde4_version: >= %{_kde4_version}}
-BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 
 %description
 ...
diff --git a/templates/kde5 b/templates/kde5
index 9c7ba00..860eeb6 100644
--- a/templates/kde5
+++ b/templates/kde5
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: rpm-macros-kde5
 BuildRequires: extra-cmake-modules
 Requires:      lib%{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
-BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 
 %description
 ...
diff --git a/templates/library b/templates/library
index 780ae6f..6e0a631 100644
--- a/templates/library
+++ b/templates/library
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Requires:      lib%{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
 Requires(post): %{__install_info}
 Requires(preun): %{__install_info}
 @fi:infopages
-BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 
 %description
 ...
diff --git a/templates/ocaml-libs b/templates/ocaml-libs
index 06c4a09..b216ec6 100644
--- a/templates/ocaml-libs
+++ b/templates/ocaml-libs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ BuildRequires: ocaml-findlib
 ## remove the following build requirement if this package is compiled
 ## by using the OCaml native-code compiler (ocamlopt)
 Requires:      ocaml-runtime
-BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 
 %description
 ...
diff --git a/templates/perl b/templates/perl
index 9db991f..088c9be 100644
--- a/templates/perl
+++ b/templates/perl
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ License:       GPL, Artistic
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
 BuildRequires: perl-devel
 Requires:      perl >= %perl_major_ver
-BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 
 %description
 ...
diff --git a/templates/python b/templates/python
index c0fb09c..b060afd 100644
--- a/templates/python
+++ b/templates/python
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ License:       ...
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
 BuildRequires: libpython-devel
 Requires:      python >= %python_version
-BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 
 %description
 %{summary}.
diff --git a/templates/standard b/templates/standard
index a749f86..e88cf03 100644
--- a/templates/standard
+++ b/templates/standard
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ BuildRequires: @build_tool@
 Requires(post): %{__install_info}
 Requires(preun): %{__install_info}
 @fi:infopages
-BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 
 %description
 ...
diff --git a/templates/standard-daemon b/templates/standard-daemon
index 6054f9d..b46b870 100644
--- a/templates/standard-daemon
+++ b/templates/standard-daemon
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ BuildRequires: @build_tool@
 Requires(post): %{__install_info}
 Requires(preun): %{__install_info}
 @fi:infopages
-BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 
 %description
 ...
diff --git a/templates/web b/templates/web
index de0faa4..1ee9c7a 100644
--- a/templates/web
+++ b/templates/web
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ Source:        ...
 License:       ...
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
-BuildArch:     noarch
-BuildRoot:     @rpm_default_buildroot@
 
 %description
 ...