1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/distutils/ccompiler.py b/distutils/ccompiler.py
index b38cf261..c9eb709b 100644
--- a/distutils/ccompiler.py
+++ b/distutils/ccompiler.py
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
         except (LinkError, TypeError):
             return False
         else:
-            os.remove("a.out")
+            os.remove(os.path.join(self.output_dir or '', "a.out"))
         finally:
             for fn in objects:
                 os.remove(fn)