diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index fdf2a03aacdfb1edf45a023fc71903e484359f4b..d1fd277b4756c30dd66acbc1b9f08f2a81f19c95 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ clean:
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 	rm -f build-stamp
-	make -C doc veryclean
+	make -C doc clean
 	dh_clean
 
 # Build architecture-dependent files here.