diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b4ca4e111c9..d714838d0a3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ distclean: mrproper
 	@find $(srctree) $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
 		\( -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.rej' -o -name '*~' \
 		-o -name '*.bak' -o -name '#*#' -o -name '.*.orig' \
-		-o -name '.*.rej' -o -size 0 \
+		-o -name '.*.rej' \
 		-o -name '*%' -o -name '.*.cmd' -o -name 'core' \) \
 		-type f -print | xargs rm -f