diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d736ea5311..2964d5c00a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -214,13 +214,10 @@ clean:
 # avoid old build problems by removing potentially incorrect old files
 	rm -f config.mak op-i386.h opc-i386.h gen-op-i386.h op-arm.h opc-arm.h gen-op-arm.h
 	rm -f qemu-options.def
-	rm -f *.o *.d *.a *.lo $(TOOLS) $(HELPERS-y) qemu-ga TAGS cscope.* *.pod *~ */*~
+	find . -name '*.[od]' -exec rm -f {} +
+	rm -f *.a *.lo $(TOOLS) $(HELPERS-y) qemu-ga TAGS cscope.* *.pod *~ */*~
 	rm -Rf .libs
-	rm -f slirp/*.o slirp/*.d audio/*.o audio/*.d block/*.o block/*.d net/*.o net/*.d fsdev/*.o fsdev/*.d ui/*.o ui/*.d qapi/*.o qapi/*.d qga/*.o qga/*.d
-	rm -f qom/*.o qom/*.d libuser/qom/*.o libuser/qom/*.d
-	rm -f hw/usb/*.o hw/usb/*.d hw/*.o hw/*.d
 	rm -f qemu-img-cmds.h
-	rm -f trace/*.o trace/*.d
 	rm -f trace-dtrace.dtrace trace-dtrace.dtrace-timestamp
 	@# May not be present in GENERATED_HEADERS
 	rm -f trace-dtrace.h trace-dtrace.h-timestamp