diff --git a/libs/libbuiltin/compiler-rt/Make.defs b/libs/libbuiltin/compiler-rt/Make.defs
index 12465172d7d..b1047975ff2 100644
--- a/libs/libbuiltin/compiler-rt/Make.defs
+++ b/libs/libbuiltin/compiler-rt/Make.defs
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ depend:: compiler-rt $(BIN_OBJDIR) $(KBIN_OBJDIR)
 distclean::
 	$(call DELDIR, $(BIN_OBJDIR))
 	$(call DELDIR, $(KBIN_OBJDIR))
+ifeq ($(wildcard compiler-rt/compiler-rt/.git),)
 	$(call DELDIR, compiler-rt/compiler-rt)
+endif
 
 FLAGS += ${INCDIR_PREFIX}$(CURDIR)/compiler-rt/compiler-rt/include