diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a91b81b5de26cb15b227066d217ecbaa987cebd8..94516e874fac7038aa97c181d6b3ebebb2049034 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ test-clean-load: build/asdf.lisp
 
 # test-glob has been replaced by t, and lisp by l, easier to type
 test-lisp: build/asdf.lisp
-	@cd test; ${MAKE} clean;./run-tests.sh ${l} ${t}
+	@cd test; ./run-tests.sh ${l} ${t}
 t: test-lisp
 
 test: test-lisp test-clean-load test-load-systems doc