diff --git a/tests/conform/Makefile.am b/tests/conform/Makefile.am
index 8b4c7a1a1..afd827278 100644
--- a/tests/conform/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/conform/Makefile.am
@@ -242,9 +242,7 @@ HTML_REPORTS = \
 	full-report-npot.html
 
 EXTRA_DIST = ADDING_NEW_TESTS test-launcher.sh.in run-tests.sh
-DISTCLEANFILES = test-launcher.sh
-
-MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = .gitignore
+DISTCLEANFILES = test-launcher.sh .gitignore
 
 # we override the clean-generic target to clean up the wrappers so
 # we cannot use CLEANFILES
diff --git a/tests/interactive/Makefile.am b/tests/interactive/Makefile.am
index 96b66c1bf..82b497c21 100644
--- a/tests/interactive/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/interactive/Makefile.am
@@ -117,9 +117,7 @@ test_interactive_LDFLAGS = -export-dynamic
 test_interactive_LDADD = $(CLUTTER_LIBS) $(common_ldadd)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = wrapper.sh.in
-DISTCLEANFILES = wrapper.sh
-
-MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = .gitignore
+DISTCLEANFILES = wrapper.sh .gitignore
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = wrappers