diff --git a/make/dirs.mk b/make/dirs.mk
index c0618ff0..beeec3dc 100644
--- a/make/dirs.mk
+++ b/make/dirs.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ else
 	$(make_subdirs)
 endif
 
-clean:
+clean distclean:
 ifdef SUBDIRS
 else
 	rm -rf $(TEXTCLEAN) $(CLEAN)