diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 20a04926eb..244139dd12 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ website-upload: doc
 docclean:
 	@-rm -f doc/node.1 doc/api.xml doc/api.html doc/changelog.html
 
-clean: docclean
+clean:
 	@$(WAF) clean
+	@-find tools/ -name "*.pyc" -delete
 
-distclean: docclean
+distclean: clean docclean
 	@-rm -rf build/
-	@-find tools/ -name "*.pyc" -delete
 
 check:
 	@tools/waf-light check