diff --git a/M2/Macaulay2/m2/Makefile.in b/M2/Macaulay2/m2/Makefile.in
index 027a886bb0c..75432c18de9 100644
--- a/M2/Macaulay2/m2/Makefile.in
+++ b/M2/Macaulay2/m2/Makefile.in
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ DUMPEDM2DOCFILES := \
 ############################## version.m2
 all: version.m2
 version.m2: version.m2.in ; ./config.status Macaulay2/m2/version.m2
-clean::; rm -f version.m2
 ############################## tvalues.m2
 STOP = --stop
 ARGS = -q --silent $(STOP) -e errorDepth=0