diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 9cf1469a7..a6832f35d 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -235,7 +235,11 @@ clean:
 	@$(RM) -f $(DC_HELP_C) $(DC_HELP_O)
 	@$(RM) -f $(DC_HELP_GCDA) $(DC_HELP_GCNO)
 
-clean_tests: clean
+clean_config: clean
+	@printf 'Cleaning config...\n'
+	@$(RM) -f Makefile
+
+clean_tests: clean clean_config
 	@printf 'Cleaning test files...\n'
 	@$(RM) -f tests/bc/parse.txt tests/bc/parse_results.txt
 	@$(RM) -f tests/bc/print.txt tests/bc/print_results.txt
@@ -244,10 +248,6 @@ clean_tests: clean
 	@$(RM) -f .math.txt .results.txt .ops.txt
 	@$(RM) -f .test.txt
 
-clean_config: clean
-	@printf 'Cleaning config...\n'
-	@$(RM) -f Makefile
-
 install:
 	$(INSTALL) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/$(BIN) $(BIN)
 
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 03f596880..fa6ab6747 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -320,10 +320,10 @@ cd "$scriptdir"
 
 configure "$debug" "clang" ""
 
-make clean_tests
-
 version=$(make version)
 
+make clean_tests
+
 debug "clang" "$run_tests"
 release "clang" "$run_tests"
 reldebug "clang" "$run_tests"