diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index cc7d540..5042ca8 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ local_all : $(PROGS) $(MODULES)
 lib_all :
 	@( cd libami; $(MAKE) all )
 
+lib_clean :
+	@( cd libami; $(MAKE) clean )
+
 .c.o:
 	$(CC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
 
@@ -170,8 +173,8 @@ ppmtoinfo : ppmtoinfo.o
 localetest : localetest.o $(LIBAMI)
 	$(CC) -o localetest localetest.o $(LIBS)
 
-clean :
-	$(RM) core $(PROGS) $(LIBAMI) Keyboard *.o libami/*.o
+clean : lib_clean
+	$(RM) core $(PROGS) $(LIBAMI) Keyboard *.o
 	$(RM) lex.yy.c lex.c y.tab.c y.tab.h gram.h gram.c
 	$(RM) kbdlexer.c kbdmodule.h kbdmodule.c
 	$(RM) config.log
diff --git a/libami/Makefile.in b/libami/Makefile.in
index 8d652c9..df05722 100644
--- a/libami/Makefile.in
+++ b/libami/Makefile.in
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ bindir = $(exec_prefix)/bin
 libdir = $(exec_prefix)/lib
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 LN_S = @LN_S@
+RM = -rm -f
 
 OBJS  = drawinfo.o module.o broker.o eventdispatcher.o mdscreen.o \
 	mdicon.o mdwindow.o kbdsupport.o hotkey.o \
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ SRCS = drawinfo.c module.c broker.c eventdispatcher.c mdscreen.c \
 
 all : libami.a
 
+clean :
+	$(RM) *.o libami.a
+
 libami.a : $(OBJS)
 	ar rc libami.a $(OBJS)
 	$(RANLIB) libami.a