diff --git a/build_dist.sh b/build_dist.sh
index 19386a8f9..6705b0906 100755
--- a/build_dist.sh
+++ b/build_dist.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
 rm -f config.log config.report configure
 rm -f m4/libtool.m4 m4/lt~obsolete.m4 m4/ltsugar.m4 m4/ltversion.m4 m4/ltoptions.m4
 rm -fr autom4te.cache build-aux
-find -name Makefile -o -name Makefile.in -exec rm '{}' \;
+rm -f Makefile Makefile.in
+rm -f src/Makefile src/Makefile.in
+rm -f include/libtorrent/Makefile include/libtorrent/Makefile.in
+rm -f examples/Makefile examples/Makefile.in
+rm -f test/Makefile test/Makefile.in
+rm -f zlib/Makefile zlib/Makefile.in
+rm -f bindings/Makefile bindings/Makefile.in
+rm -f bindings/python/Makefile bindings/python/Makefile.in
 chmod a-x docs/*.rst docs/*.htm* src/*.cpp include/libtorrent/*.hpp
 
 ./autotool.sh