diff --git a/subsurface-gen-version.pri b/subsurface-gen-version.pri
index 691005053..8b2131a8a 100644
--- a/subsurface-gen-version.pri
+++ b/subsurface-gen-version.pri
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ exists(.git/HEAD): {
 	# This is probably a package
 	FULL_VERSION = $$VERSION
 	system(echo \\$${LITERAL_HASH}define VERSION_STRING \\\"$$VERSION\\\" > $$VERSION_FILE)
+	QMAKE_CLEAN += $$VERSION_FILE
 }