diff --git a/ct-ng.in b/ct-ng.in
index ca3c759f..bbd7b625 100644
--- a/ct-ng.in
+++ b/ct-ng.in
@@ -171,6 +171,6 @@ PHONY += distclean
 distclean:: clean
 	@$(ECHO) "  CLEAN .config"
 	$(SILENT)rm -f .config .config.* ..config*
-	@$(ECHO) "  CLEAN targets"
-	$(SILENT)chmod -R u+w targets >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-	$(SILENT)rm -rf targets
+	@$(ECHO) "  CLEAN build dir"
+	$(SILENT)chmod -R u+w targets .build
+	$(SILENT)rm -rf targets .build