diff --git a/libvirt.spec.in b/libvirt.spec.in
index 62dfecd560..c879385977 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec.in
+++ b/libvirt.spec.in
@@ -1256,6 +1256,7 @@ if [ $COUNT -gt 0 ]; then
 fi
 echo "Applied $COUNT patches"
 rm -f $PATCHLIST
+rm -rf .git
 
 %build
 %if ! %{with_xen}