diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 74bfda7ab..e56abf846 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -719,7 +719,8 @@ clean-local:
 	-$(MAKE) -C secp256k1 clean
 	-$(MAKE) -C snark clean
 	-$(MAKE) -C univalue clean
-	-rm -f libcc.so
+	# this breaks things
+	#-rm -f libcc.so
 	rm -f leveldb/*/*.gcno leveldb/helpers/memenv/*.gcno
 	-rm -f config.h