deb: $(deb)
        ln -sf $< cycript.deb
 
-clean:
-       rm -rf cycript Cycript.lib libcycript*.o
+clean := 
 
 # make stubbornly refuses to believe that these @'s are bugs
 # http://osdir.com/ml/help-make-gnu/2012-04/msg00008.html
        $$(MAKE) -C build.$(1)-$(2)
 build.$(1)-$(2)/.libs/libcycript.a: build-$(1)-$(2)
        @
+clean-$(1)-$(2):
+       $$(MAKE) -C build.$(1)-$(2) clean
+clean += clean-$(1)-$(2)
 endef
 
 define build_lib
 
 $(foreach arch,armv6 arm64,$(eval $(call build_arm,$(arch))))
 
+clean: $(clean)
+       rm -rf cycript Cycript.lib libcycript*.o
+
 Cycript.lib/libcycript.dylib: build.osx-i386/.libs/libcycript.dylib build.osx-x86_64/.libs/libcycript.dylib build.ios-armv6/.libs/libcycript.dylib build.ios-arm64/.libs/libcycript.dylib
        @mkdir -p $(dir $@)
        $(lipo) -create -output $@ $^