diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 792ec1139d486e..98309cf2de5932 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ distclean:
 	-rm -rf node_modules
 	-rm -rf deps/icu
 	-rm -rf deps/icu4c*.tgz deps/icu4c*.zip deps/icu-tmp
+	-rm -f $(BINARYTAR).* $(TARBALL).*
 
 test: all
 	$(PYTHON) tools/test.py --mode=release message parallel sequential -J