diff --git a/nfd/debian/rules b/nfd/debian/rules
index 2936900..4d3c3c4 100755
--- a/nfd/debian/rules
+++ b/nfd/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