diff --git a/default.mk.in b/default.mk.in
index fedfc97..1c8dacd 100755
--- a/default.mk.in
+++ b/default.mk.in
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ all: $(OUTPUTS)
 	@for i in $(SUBDIRS) ; do (cd $$i && $(MAKE) && cd ..) ; done
 
 clean-recurse: clean
-	@for i in $(SUBDIRS) ; do (cd $$i && $(MAKE) clean && cd ..) ; done
-
-	@for i in $(SUBSUBDIRS) ; do (cd $$i && $(MAKE) clean && cd ../..) ; done
+	@for i in $(SUBDIRS) ; do (cd $$i && $(MAKE) clean-recurse && cd ..) ; done
 clean:
 	rm -f *.html