diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b267233e4d..1372acf1d3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -480,11 +480,12 @@ endif
 
 clean:
 	$(RM) -r $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)
+	$(MAKE) -C $(TOOLS_DIR) clean
+	$(MAKE) -C $(TOOLS_DIR)/sm64tools clean
 
 distclean: clean
 	$(PYTHON) extract_assets.py --clean
-	$(MAKE) -C $(TOOLS_DIR) clean
-	$(MAKE) -C $(TOOLS_DIR)/sm64tools clean
+	$(MAKE) -C $(TOOLS_DIR) distclean
 
 test: $(ROM)
 	$(EMULATOR) $(EMU_FLAGS) $<
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index f3f9496fe9..b81166b066 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C audiofile clean
 	$(MAKE) -C ido-static-recomp clean
 
+distclean: clean
+	$(MAKE) -C ido-static-recomp distclean
+
 define COMPILE
 $(1): $($1_SOURCES)
 	$$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $($1_CFLAGS) $$^ -o $$@ $($1_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)