diff --git a/conf/makepkg.conf b/conf/makepkg.conf
index 8be64992..dfdbc9c8 100644
--- a/conf/makepkg.conf
+++ b/conf/makepkg.conf
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # Use as many jobs as there are CPU cores
 MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc)"
 
-# Use /var/tmp/makepkg.$(whoami) as builddir to avoid tmpfs filling
-BUILDDIR="/var/tmp/makepkg.$(whoami)"
-
 # Create uncompressed packages, bigger packages, but slower build/install
 PKGEXT='.pkg.tar'