diff --git a/ndn-cxx/debian/rules b/ndn-cxx/debian/rules
index 08cd289..4d78fc8 100755
--- a/ndn-cxx/debian/rules
+++ b/ndn-cxx/debian/rules
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 override_dh_clean:
 	dh_clean
 	./waf distclean
+	rm -f VERSION
 	rm -rf .waf-1*
 	rm -f .waf-tools/*.pyc
 	rm -f docs/*.pyc