diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index d0184c6c7..0bfb8b9a6 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -203,16 +203,16 @@ zstd-noxz : LZMA_MSG := - xz/lzma support is disabled
 zstd-noxz : zstd
 
 
-zstd-pgo : MOREFLAGS = -fprofile-generate
-zstd-pgo : clean zstd
+zstd-pgo :
+	$(MAKE) clean
+	$(MAKE) zstd MOREFLAGS=-fprofile-generate
 	./zstd -b19i1 $(PROFILE_WITH)
 	./zstd -b16i1 $(PROFILE_WITH)
 	./zstd -b9i2 $(PROFILE_WITH)
 	./zstd -b $(PROFILE_WITH)
 	./zstd -b7i2 $(PROFILE_WITH)
 	./zstd -b5 $(PROFILE_WITH)
-	$(RM) zstd
-	$(RM) $(ZSTDDECOMP_O)
+	$(RM) zstd *.o $(ZSTDDECOMP_O) $(ZSTDDIR)/compress/*.o
 	$(MAKE) zstd MOREFLAGS=-fprofile-use
 
 # minimal target, with only zstd compression and decompression. no bench. no legacy.