diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e27d4cc4..877b73d1e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ cleanthirdparty:
 	rm -rf $(DJVUDIR)/build
 	rm -f $(MUPDFDIR)/fontdump.host
 	rm -f $(MUPDFDIR)/cmapdump.host
-	rm -rf $(POPENNSLIB)
 	$(MAKE) -C $(POPENNSDIR) clean
 
 $(MUPDFDIR)/fontdump.host: