diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b7c6e57de6d6193386967358b7bef8368b25194f..fe623e46340b8571e065181583668b10e6242f27 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ clean:
 	if test -d $$d; then $(MAKE) -C $$d $@ || exit 1; fi; \
 	rm -f $$d/qemu-options.def; \
         done
-	rm -f $(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK) config-all-devices.mak
+	rm -f config-all-devices.mak
 
 VERSION ?= $(shell cat VERSION)
 
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ qemu-%.tar.bz2:
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f config-host.mak config-host.h* config-host.ld $(DOCS) qemu-options.texi qemu-img-cmds.texi qemu-monitor.texi qemu-monitor-info.texi
 	rm -f config-all-devices.mak config-all-disas.mak config.status
+	rm -f $(SUBDIR_DEVICES_MAK)
 	rm -f po/*.mo tests/qemu-iotests/common.env
 	rm -f roms/seabios/config.mak roms/vgabios/config.mak
 	rm -f qemu-doc.info qemu-doc.aux qemu-doc.cp qemu-doc.cps