diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index d723668e..34b67535 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ doneclean:
 
 execlean: allclean objclean textclean
 
-distclean: clean objclean textclean tmpclean vcdistclean prereqclean
+distclean: clean objclean textclean tmpclean vcdistclean
 
 localclean: $(LOCAL_CLEAN)
 	rm -rf $(CLEAN)