diff --git a/make/dummy.mk b/make/dummy.mk
index d76df773..edcb7836 100644
--- a/make/dummy.mk
+++ b/make/dummy.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 ALL =
 include $(MODDIR)/make/defs.mk
-clean: textclean localclean
+clean:
+	rm -rf *~ .*.swp
 install: # nothing to be done
 all: # nothing to be done