diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index d1984ee5df699967c1dcc0e7251962b9747d071b..85f654927b92715e6f4038fe489db2a96e7b5a21 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -1289,12 +1289,10 @@ distclean: clean
 #	$(RM) configure
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) *.o */*.o */*/*.o */*/*/*.o $(LIB_FILE)
+	$(RM) $(OUTPUT){*.o,*/*.o,*/*/*.o,*/*/*/*.o,$(LIB_FILE),perf-archive}
 	$(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(BUILT_INS) perf$X
 	$(RM) $(TEST_PROGRAMS)
 	$(RM) *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope*
-	$(RM) -r autom4te.cache
-	$(RM) config.log config.mak.autogen config.mak.append config.status config.cache
 	$(RM) -r $(PERF_TARNAME) .doc-tmp-dir
 	$(RM) $(PERF_TARNAME).tar.gz perf-core_$(PERF_VERSION)-*.tar.gz
 	$(RM) $(htmldocs).tar.gz $(manpages).tar.gz