diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 2f96521a541..93f66b6fd7c 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -2658,7 +2658,7 @@ local-distclean:
 	-rmdir texinfo/doc texinfo/info texinfo/intl texinfo/lib 2>/dev/null
 	-rmdir texinfo/makeinfo texinfo/po texinfo/util 2>/dev/null
 	-rmdir fastjar gcc libiberty texinfo zlib 2>/dev/null
-	-find . -name config.cache -delete \; 2>/dev/null
+	-find . -name config.cache -exec rm -f {} \; \; 2>/dev/null
 
 local-maintainer-clean:
 	@echo "This command is intended for maintainers to use;"
diff --git a/Makefile.tpl b/Makefile.tpl
index 37317bcaf88..98b526c5a48 100644
--- a/Makefile.tpl
+++ b/Makefile.tpl
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ local-distclean:
 	-rmdir texinfo/doc texinfo/info texinfo/intl texinfo/lib 2>/dev/null
 	-rmdir texinfo/makeinfo texinfo/po texinfo/util 2>/dev/null
 	-rmdir fastjar gcc libiberty texinfo zlib 2>/dev/null
-	-find . -name config.cache -delete \; 2>/dev/null
+	-find . -name config.cache -exec rm -f {} \; \; 2>/dev/null
 
 local-maintainer-clean:
 	@echo "This command is intended for maintainers to use;"