diff --git a/make/dirs.mk b/make/dirs.mk
index b86b820b..d7593be1 100644
--- a/make/dirs.mk
+++ b/make/dirs.mk
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ endif
 
 dirs.clean:
 	set -e; for d in $(SUBDIRS) ; do make -wC $$d clean; done
-	rm -rf $(TEXTCLEAN) $(CLEAN) dist *.done *~ .*.swp *.tmp core *.rep
+	rm -rf $(TEXTCLEAN) $(CLEAN) *.done *~ .*.swp *.tmp core *.rep
 
 dirs.distclean:
 	set -e; for d in $(SUBDIRS) ; do make -wC $$d distclean; done