diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9347ff4fc55224d7596196f660570de09657a607..5227ab7b77e1e0e3ee831a9d6b90d4c519c7a95c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	javac -d target jregex/*.java jregex/util/io/*.java
 	jar cfm target/jregex-1.2_01.jar META-INF/MANIFEST.MF -C target .
+
+override_dh_clean:
+	rm -rf debian/maven-repo target
+	dh_clean