diff --git a/make/cleandirs.mk b/make/cleandirs.mk
index ee59d3f5..1acfa400 100644
--- a/make/cleandirs.mk
+++ b/make/cleandirs.mk
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ SUBDIRS ?= $(FIND_SUBDIRS)
 
 do.%:
 	set -e; for d in $(SUBDIRS) ; do make -wC $$d $*; done
+	rm -rf $(TEXTCLEAN) $(CLEAN) *.done *~ .*.swp *.tmp core *.rep dirs-*.done
 
diff --git a/make/dirs.mk b/make/dirs.mk
index 83e7d25a..2a61b2c4 100644
--- a/make/dirs.mk
+++ b/make/dirs.mk
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ endif
 
 dirs.clean:
 	set -e; for d in $(SUBDIRS) ; do make -wC $$d clean; done
-	rm -rf $(TEXTCLEAN) $(CLEAN) *.done *~ .*.swp *.tmp core *.rep dirs-started-*.done
+	rm -rf $(TEXTCLEAN) $(CLEAN) *.done *~ .*.swp *.tmp core *.rep dirs-*.done
 
 dirs.distclean:
 	set -e; for d in $(SUBDIRS) ; do make -wC $$d distclean; done