diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index 696a49ec..1a148cd4 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ doneclean:
 execlean: allclean objclean textclean
 
 distclean: clean objclean textclean tmpclean vcdistclean profclean timerclean
-	rm -rf $(DISTCLEAN)
+	rm -rf $(CLEAN) $(DISTCLEAN)
 
 localclean: $(LOCAL_CLEAN)
 	rm -rf $(CLEAN)