diff --git a/make-dist b/make-dist
index 7123c085d4c..afee25cd913 100755
--- a/make-dist
+++ b/make-dist
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ echo "Making links to \`etc'."
 (cd etc
  ln `ls -d * | grep -v 'RCS' | grep -v 'Old' | grep -v '^e$'` ../${tempdir}/etc
  cd ../${tempdir}/etc
- rm -f DOC* *~ \#*\# *.dvi *.log *,v =* core
+ rm -f DOC* *~ \#*\# *.dvi *.log *.orig *.rej *,v =* core
  rm -f TAGS)
 
 echo "Making links to \`etc/e'."