diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index faa9d263cfe3c8dcb136aa33d17165638cffc09e..515aeea7e70293d6e0050ded4d30e7873e9c35d3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1315,8 +1315,8 @@ PHONY += distclean
 distclean: mrproper
 	@find $(srctree) $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
 		\( -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*~' \
-		-o -name '*.bak' -o -name '#*#' -o -name '.*.orig' \
-		-o -name '.*.rej' -o -name '*%'  -o -name 'core' \) \
+		-o -name '*.bak' -o -name '#*#' -o -name '*%' \
+		-o -name 'core' \) \
 		-type f -print | xargs rm -f