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diff --git a/ghc.mk b/ghc.mk
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+++ b/ghc.mk
@@ -1424,6 +1424,13 @@ distclean : clean
# Don't delete 'inplace' itself, it contains source files.
$(call removeTrees,inplace/mingw)
+# Remove the download tarballs. This is because updating
+# the tarballs doesn't remove old ones. After a tarbal is updated
+# you end up with both in your tree and get a franken build.
+# The downside here is that a maintainer clean will trigger more
+# bandwidth usage from haskell.org
+ $(call removeTrees,ghc-tarballs)
+
# Remove the fs utilities.
$(call removeFiles,utils/lndir/fs.h)
$(call removeFiles,utils/lndir/fs.c)