diff --git a/src/bin/pg_rewind/Makefile b/src/bin/pg_rewind/Makefile
index 98213c4ad1..7d607157e3 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_rewind/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/pg_rewind/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ OBJS	= pg_rewind.o parsexlog.o xlogreader.o datapagemap.o timeline.o \
 	fetch.o file_ops.o copy_fetch.o libpq_fetch.o filemap.o logging.o \
 	$(WIN32RES)
 
-EXTRA_CLEAN = $(RMGRDESCSOURCES) xlogreader.c
+EXTRA_CLEAN = xlogreader.c
 
 all: pg_rewind