diff --git a/make/projects-dir.mk b/make/projects-dir.mk
index ac6a43d2..158c8057 100644
--- a/make/projects-dir.mk
+++ b/make/projects-dir.mk
@@ -168,15 +168,15 @@ echo-excludes:
 edit-%: | $(TEXT_FILES_CACHE)
 	$(EDITOR) $(shell grep "/$*$$" $(TEXT_FILES_CACHE))
 
+clean: clean.text-files-cache
+clean.text-files-cache:
+	rm -f $(TEXT_FILES_CACHE)
 list-files:
+	@echo Makefile
 	@for p in $(PROJECTS); do \
 		$(LIST_VCS_FILES_SH) -znf $$p | sed -z "s/^/$$p\//" | \
 			xargs -0 realpath ;\
 	done
-
-clean: clean.text-files-cache
-clean.text-files-cache:
-	rm -f $(TEXT_FILES_CACHE)
 $(TEXT_FILES_CACHE):
 	@make text-files-update
 text-files-update: