--- a/make/Init.gmk	Mon Sep 10 09:58:23 2018 +0200
+++ b/make/Init.gmk	Mon Sep 10 09:59:27 2018 +0200
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@
     override BUILD_LOG_PIPE :=
   endif
 
+  ifeq ($(filter dist-clean, $(SEQUENTIAL_TARGETS)), dist-clean)
+    # We can't have a log file if we're about to remove it.
+    override BUILD_LOG_PIPE :=
+  endif
+
   ifeq ($(OUTPUT_SYNC_SUPPORTED), true)
     OUTPUT_SYNC_FLAG := -O$(OUTPUT_SYNC)
   endif

--- a/make/Main.gmk	Mon Sep 10 09:58:23 2018 +0200
+++ b/make/Main.gmk	Mon Sep 10 09:59:27 2018 +0200
@@ -1107,7 +1107,8 @@
 # directory was created by configure and now becomes empty, remove it as well.
 dist-clean: clean
 	($(CD) $(OUTPUTDIR) && \
-	    $(RM) -r *spec.gmk $(CONFIGURESUPPORT_OUTPUTDIR) Makefile compare.sh ide)
+	    $(RM) -r *spec.gmk $(CONFIGURESUPPORT_OUTPUTDIR) Makefile compare.sh ide \
+	    configure.log* build.log*)
 	$(if $(filter $(CONF_NAME),$(notdir $(OUTPUTDIR))), \
 	  if test "x`$(LS) $(OUTPUTDIR)`" != x; then \
 	    $(ECHO) "Warning: Not removing non-empty configuration directory for '$(CONF_NAME)'" ; \