diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f3598f2bc0b6..a88ff3e3b72d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1594,6 +1594,15 @@ ifneq ($(wildcard $(objtool_O)),)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -sC $(abs_srctree)/tools/objtool O=$(objtool_O) srctree=$(abs_srctree) $(patsubst objtool_%,%,$@)
 endif
 
+PHONY += bootconfig_clean
+
+bootconfig_O = $(abspath $(objtree))/tools/bootconfig
+
+bootconfig_clean:
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(bootconfig_O)),)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -sC $(srctree)/tools/bootconfig O=$(bootconfig_O) clean
+endif
+
 tools/: FORCE
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(objtree)/tools
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) O=$(abspath $(objtree)) subdir=tools -C $(srctree)/tools/
@@ -1769,7 +1778,7 @@ vmlinuxclean:
 	$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh clean
 	$(Q)$(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) clean)
 
-clean: archclean vmlinuxclean resolve_btfids_clean objtool_clean
+clean: archclean vmlinuxclean resolve_btfids_clean objtool_clean bootconfig_clean
 
 # mrproper - Delete all generated files, including .config
 #
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/Makefile b/tools/bootconfig/Makefile
index 4e82fd9553cd..3cb8066d5141 100644
--- a/tools/bootconfig/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/Makefile
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ install: $(ALL_PROGRAMS)
 	install $(OUTPUT)bootconfig $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) -f $(OUTPUT)*.o $(ALL_PROGRAMS)
+	rm -f $(OUTPUT)*.o $(ALL_PROGRAMS)