diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index 3b2479bccb02..a08958a3f3c1 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ CLEAN_FILES += linux x.i gmon.out $(ARCH_DIR)/include/uml-config.h \
 	$(ARCH_DIR)/include/user_constants.h \
 	$(ARCH_DIR)/include/kern_constants.h $(ARCH_DIR)/Kconfig.arch
 
-MRPROPER_FILES += $(SYMLINK_HEADERS) $(ARCH_SYMLINKS) \
-	$(addprefix $(ARCH_DIR)/kernel/,$(KERN_SYMLINKS)) $(ARCH_DIR)/os
+MRPROPER_FILES += $(ARCH_SYMLINKS)
 
 archclean:
 	@find . \( -name '*.bb' -o -name '*.bbg' -o -name '*.da' \