diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 85b7cf568..c3801ba5f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MAJOR    := $(word 1,$(subst ., ,$(VERSION))).$(word 2,$(subst ., ,$(VERSION)))
 
 include debian/rules.defs
 
-setup: $(STAMPS_DIR)/setup-stamp
+setup: debian/control $(STAMPS_DIR)/setup-stamp
 $(STAMPS_DIR)/setup-stamp: $(BUILD_DIR) $(STAMPS_DIR)
 	dh_testdir
 	$(MAKE) -f debian/rules.gen setup-$(DEB_HOST_ARCH)
@@ -41,11 +41,9 @@ orig: ../orig/linux-$(MAJOR)-$(VERSION)
 maintainerclean:
 	rm -rf $(filter-out debian, $(wildcard *))
 
-clean: unpatch
+clean: debian/control
 	dh_testdir
-	rm -f version.Debian
-	cd debian; rm -f *.kpatches.arch
-	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR) $(STAMPS_DIR) debian/lib/python/*.pyc
+	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR) $(STAMPS_DIR) debian/lib/python/*.pyc debian/*.kpatches.arch
 	dh_clean
 
 binary-indep: build
@@ -85,4 +83,4 @@ debian/control-real: debian/bin/gencontrol.py $(CONTROL_FILES)
 	@echo
 	exit 1
 
-.PHONY: clean build setup binary-indep binary-arch binary patch unpatch source tree
+.PHONY: clean build setup binary-indep binary-arch binary