diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 707b5f66..0269a9fc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ docs/man/man7/cdist-reference.text
 __pycache__/
 MANIFEST
 dist/
-cdist/version_static.py
+cdist/version.py
diff --git a/build b/build
index f8d6c74a..75496c8d 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ case "$1" in
 
     clean)
         rm -f ${MAN7DSTDIR}/cdist-reference.text
+        rm -f cdist/version.py
+        rm -f MANIFEST
+
         find "${MANDIR}" -mindepth 2 -type l \
             -o -name "*.1" \
             -o -name "*.7" \
@@ -154,8 +157,6 @@ case "$1" in
         | xargs rm -f
 
         find * -name __pycache__  | xargs rm -rf
-
-        rm -f MANIFEST
     ;;
     very-clean)
         $0 clean