diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 91ef44bfaf3e..1df93b4c4648 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ AWK     = awk
 # non-config cases
 config := 1
 
-NON_CONFIG_TARGETS := clean TAGS tags cscope help install-doc install-man install-html install-info install-pdf doc man html info pdf
+NON_CONFIG_TARGETS := clean python-clean TAGS tags cscope help install-doc install-man install-html install-info install-pdf doc man html info pdf
 
 ifdef MAKECMDGOALS
 ifeq ($(filter-out $(NON_CONFIG_TARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
@@ -802,7 +802,10 @@ config-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, config)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build/feature/ $(if $(OUTPUT),OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)feature/,) clean >/dev/null
 
-clean:: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean config-clean fixdep-clean
+python-clean:
+	$(python-clean)
+
+clean:: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean config-clean fixdep-clean python-clean
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-objs)  $(RM) $(LIB_FILE) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive $(OUTPUT)perf-with-kcore $(LANG_BINDINGS)
 	$(Q)find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
 	$(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT).config-detected
@@ -819,7 +822,6 @@ clean:: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clea
 		$(OUTPUT)$(vhost_virtio_ioctl_array) \
 		$(OUTPUT)$(perf_ioctl_array)
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)Documentation $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) clean
-	$(python-clean)
 
 #
 # To provide FEATURE-DUMP into $(FEATURE_DUMP_COPY)