diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 06512ae3840..38e5d74203e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -6597,13 +6597,13 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if ENABLE_MANPAGES
-man/custom-entities.ent: Makefile.am configure.ac
+man/custom-entities.ent: configure.ac
 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(MKDIR_P) $(dir $@)
 	$(AM_V_GEN)(echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>' && \
 	 printf '$(subst '|,<!ENTITY ,$(subst =, ",$(subst |',">\n,$(substitutions))))') \
 	 > $@ # '
 
-DISTCLEANFILES += \
+CLEANFILES += \
 	man/custom-entities.ent
 
 XSLTPROC_FLAGS = \