diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e2430164fe..dbfdb8e82e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ docclean:
 
 symlinkclean:
 	-find package -type l | xargs rm -f
+	rm -rf tmp
 
 .SILENT: clean dirclean distclean symlinkclean config-clean download world help tmp/.packageinfo tmp/.targetinfo tmpinfo-clean tmp/.config-package.in tmp/.config-target.in .config scripts/config/mconf scripts/config/conf menuconfig tmp/.prereq-build tmp/.prereq-package tmp/.prereq-target
 FORCE: ;