diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0516d1a512..1786aff3af 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -166,4 +166,4 @@ eclean: clean
 	rm -f *.tar *.tgz *.gz 
 
 megaclean: eclean modclean
-	rm -fr $(SQLITETAR) $(SQLITE) $(APR) $(APRTAR) $(SOX) $(SOXTAR) $(COMMONTAR)
+	rm -fr .depend `find . -name .complete`
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index a7fb6e0ce3..be68e364ec 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ eclean: clean
 	rm -f *.tar *.tgz *.gz 
 
 megaclean: eclean modclean
-	rm -fr $(SQLITETAR) $(SQLITE) $(APR) $(APRTAR) $(SOX) $(SOXTAR) $(COMMONTAR)
+	rm -fr .depend `find . -name .complete`
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
 .NOEXPORT: