diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 0137c1c8fc..40b28bc502 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Sun Aug  1 09:42:13 1993  Fred Fish  (fnf@cygnus.com)
 
+	* Makefile.in (make-proto-gdb-1):  Use -f opt on rm of Makefile.
 	* h8500-tdep.c:  Add parens around a few macro args.
 
 Fri Jul 30 15:43:49 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 3dd960107f..be6f6bdef5 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ make-proto-gdb-1: $(TARFILES) $(TARDIRS) gdb.info
 	    cd $$i; \
 	    ln -s $${rootme}/$$i/* .; \
 	    rm -rf SCCS CVS CVS.adm RCS config.status; \
-	    if test -f Makefile.in; then rm Makefile; else true; fi;); \
+	    if test -f Makefile.in; then rm -f Makefile; else true; fi;); \
 	  done ; \
 	  for i in `echo $(TARFILES)`; do \
 	    (cd proto-gdb.dir ; \