diff --git a/rpm_spec/qubes-kernel-vm-support.spec.in b/rpm_spec/qubes-kernel-vm-support.spec.in
index 8ff1bb3..4caee8b 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/qubes-kernel-vm-support.spec.in
+++ b/rpm_spec/qubes-kernel-vm-support.spec.in
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ Requires:	dracut
 Requires:	dkms
 Requires:	busybox
 
-%if 0%{?qubes_builder}
-%define _builddir %(pwd)
-%endif
-
 %description
 This package contains:
 1. Dracut module required to setup Qubes VM root filesystem. This package is
diff --git a/rpm_spec/qubes-utils.spec.in b/rpm_spec/qubes-utils.spec.in
index 28fef0f..973d133 100644
--- a/rpm_spec/qubes-utils.spec.in
+++ b/rpm_spec/qubes-utils.spec.in
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-%if 0%{?qubes_builder}
-%define _builddir %(pwd)
-%endif
-
 %{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 
 Name:		qubes-utils