diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 57969d5fc5..dde3f1d3fb 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ distclean:
 maintainer-clean: distclean
 	rm -f TAGS
 versionclean:
-	-rm -f emacs$(EXEEXT) emacs-*.*.*$(EXEEXT) ../etc/DOC*
+	-rm -f emacs$(EXEEXT) emacs-*.*.*[0-9]$(EXEEXT) ../etc/DOC*
 extraclean: distclean
 	-rm -f *~ \#*