diff --git a/debian/clean b/debian/clean
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..487f200f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/clean
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Makefile*
+usr
+bin
+tmp
+src/bin/BuiltHamcoreFiles
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b252f241..ac9d03e7 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 	if [ $(shell uname -m) = 'i686' ]; then echo "1\n1\n" | ./configure; fi
 	if [ $(shell uname -m) = 'armv6l' ]; then echo "1\n1\n" | ./configure; fi
 
-override_dh_auto_clean:
-	rm -fr Makefile* usr bin tmp src/bin/BuiltHamcoreFiles
-
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	patch -f < debian/makefile.patch
 	mkdir -p usr/bin