diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 463193aff..5abb25b8d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ rpms: rpmroot rpmdistdir version-update tarballs
 	rpmbuild --define "_topdir $(RPMBUILD)" -ba ipa.spec
 	cp rpmbuild/RPMS/*/$(PRJ_PREFIX)-*-$(IPA_VERSION)-*.rpm dist/rpms/
 	cp rpmbuild/SRPMS/$(PRJ_PREFIX)-$(IPA_VERSION)-*.src.rpm dist/srpms/
+	rm -rf rpmbuild
 
 repodata:
 	-createrepo -p dist