diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 93e10dee..bed16498 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUBDIRS=libsepol libselinux libsemanage sepolgen checkpolicy secilc policycoreutils # policy
 PYSUBDIRS=libselinux libsemanage
-DISTCLEANSUBIDRS=libselinux libsemanage
+DISTCLEANSUBDIRS=libselinux libsemanage
 
 ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
 	export CFLAGS = -g3 -O0 -gdwarf-2 -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wshadow -Werror
diff --git a/libsemanage/src/Makefile b/libsemanage/src/Makefile
index 96ee652d..68aab72c 100644
--- a/libsemanage/src/Makefile
+++ b/libsemanage/src/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ SWIGFILES=$(SWIGSO) semanage.py
 SWIGRUBYSO=$(RUBYPREFIX)_semanage.so
 LIBSO=$(TARGET).$(LIBVERSION)
 
-GENERATED=$(SWIGCOUT) $(SWIGRUBYCOUT) semanageswig_python_exception.i
+GENERATED=$(SWIGCOUT) $(SWIGRUBYCOUT) semanageswig_python_exception.i $(wildcard conf-*.[ch])
 SRCS= $(filter-out $(GENERATED),$(sort $(wildcard *.c)))
 
 OBJS= $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(SRCS)) conf-scan.o conf-parse.o
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@ SWIG = swig -Wall -python -o $(SWIGCOUT) -outdir ./
 
 SWIGRUBY = swig -Wall -ruby -o $(SWIGRUBYCOUT) -outdir ./
 
-GENERATED=$(SWIGCOUT) $(SWIGRUBYCOUT) $(wildcard conf-*.[ch])
-
 all: $(LIBA) $(LIBSO) $(LIBPC)
 
 pywrap: all $(SWIGSO)
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@ clean:
 	-rm -f $(LIBPC) $(OBJS) $(LOBJS) $(LIBA) $(LIBSO) $(SWIGLOBJ) $(SWIGSO) $(TARGET) conf-parse.c conf-parse.h conf-scan.c *.o *.lo *~
 
 distclean: clean
-	rm -f $(SWIGCOUT) $(SWIGFILES)
+	rm -f $(GENERATED) $(SWIGFILES)
 
 indent:
 	../../scripts/Lindent $(filter-out $(GENERATED),$(wildcard *.[ch]))