diff --git a/xen/Makefile b/xen/Makefile
index 1a288b87980a..67ced3e92689 100644
--- a/xen/Makefile
+++ b/xen/Makefile
@@ -398,18 +398,18 @@ _debug:
 
 .PHONY: _clean
 _clean:
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) tools
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) include
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) common
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) drivers
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) lib
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) xsm
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) crypto
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) arch/arm
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) arch/riscv
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) arch/x86
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) test
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) tools/kconfig
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=tools
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=include
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=common
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=drivers
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=lib
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=xsm
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=crypto
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=arch/arm
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=arch/riscv
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=arch/x86
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=test
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=tools/kconfig
 	find . \( -name "*.o" -o -name ".*.d" -o -name ".*.d2" \
 		-o -name ".*.o.tmp" -o -name "*~" -o -name "core" \
 		-o -name '*.lex.c' -o -name '*.tab.[ch]' \
diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/Makefile b/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
index 774648d6296e..3a69b5ef6cc3 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -114,7 +114,4 @@ $(obj)/xen.lds: $(src)/xen.lds.S FORCE
 
 $(obj)/dtb.o: $(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_DTB_FILE))
 
-.PHONY: clean
-clean::
-	rm -f $(obj)/xen.lds
-	rm -f $(abs_objtree)/.xen-syms.[0-9]*
+clean-files := $(objtree)/.xen-syms.[0-9]*
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
index 85c44c69ff5a..25bf3cc2ac9a 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += x86_64/platform_hypercall.o
 obj-y += sysctl.o
 endif
 
+# Allows "clean" to descend into boot/
+subdir- += boot
+
 extra-y += asm-macros.i
 extra-y += xen.lds
 
@@ -197,8 +200,8 @@ note_file :=
 endif
 note_file_option ?= $(note_file)
 
+extra-$(XEN_BUILD_PE) += efi.lds
 ifeq ($(XEN_BUILD_PE),y)
-extra-y += efi.lds
 $(TARGET).efi: $(objtree)/prelink.o $(note_file) $(obj)/efi.lds $(obj)/efi/relocs-dummy.o $(obj)/efi/mkreloc
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO),y)
 	$(if $(filter --strip-debug,$(EFI_LDFLAGS)),echo,:) "Will strip debug info from $(@F)"
@@ -257,10 +260,9 @@ $(obj)/efi.lds: AFLAGS-y += -DEFI
 $(obj)/xen.lds $(obj)/efi.lds: $(src)/xen.lds.S FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cpp_lds_S)
 
-.PHONY: clean
-clean::
-	rm -f *.lds
-	rm -f asm-macros.i $(abs_objtree)/arch/x86/include/asm/asm-macros.*
-	rm -f $(abs_objtree)/.xen-syms.[0-9]* $(abs_objtree)/.xen.elf32
-	rm -f $(abs_objtree)/.xen.efi.[0-9]* efi/*.efi
-	rm -f boot/cmdline.S boot/reloc.S boot/*.lnk boot/*.bin
+clean-files := \
+    include/asm/asm-macros.* \
+    $(objtree)/.xen-syms.[0-9]* \
+    $(objtree)/.xen.elf32 \
+    $(objtree)/.xen.efi.[0-9]* \
+    efi/*.efi
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/xen/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index 3580a9b656e8..c2385e69332d 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -49,3 +49,5 @@ $(head-objs): %.S: %.bin
 
 %.lnk: %.o $(src)/build32.lds
 	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS_DIRECT) -N -T $(filter %.lds,$^) -o $@ $<
+
+clean-files := cmdline.S reloc.S *.lnk *.bin
diff --git a/xen/common/Makefile b/xen/common/Makefile
index db78b06f4a50..9208d233642a 100644
--- a/xen/common/Makefile
+++ b/xen/common/Makefile
@@ -84,5 +84,4 @@ $(obj)/config_data.S: $(srctree)/tools/binfile FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,binfile,$(obj)/config.gz xen_config_data)
 targets += config_data.S
 
-clean::
-	rm -f config_data.S config.gz 2>/dev/null
+clean-files := config_data.S config.gz
diff --git a/xen/include/Makefile b/xen/include/Makefile
index f5241b70e7fa..c3172f6636be 100644
--- a/xen/include/Makefile
+++ b/xen/include/Makefile
@@ -128,6 +128,4 @@ lib-x86-all:
 all: lib-x86-all
 endif
 
-clean::
-	rm -rf compat config generated headers*.chk
-	rm -f $(BASEDIR)/include/xen/lib/x86/cpuid-autogen.h
+clean-files := compat config generated headers*.chk xen/lib/x86/cpuid-autogen.h
diff --git a/xen/scripts/Kbuild.include b/xen/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 81abe4b4aa55..862b2a49c5ac 100644
--- a/xen/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/xen/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ build := -f $(srctree)/Rules.mk obj
 # Shorthand for $(MAKE) clean
 # Usage:
 # $(MAKE) $(clean) dir
-clean := -f $(abs_srctree)/scripts/Makefile.clean clean -C
+clean := -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.clean obj
 
 # echo command.
 # Short version is used, if $(quiet) equals `quiet_', otherwise full one.
diff --git a/xen/scripts/Makefile.clean b/xen/scripts/Makefile.clean
index db1d1f918d42..fa3fee758348 100644
--- a/xen/scripts/Makefile.clean
+++ b/xen/scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # Cleaning up
 # ==========================================================================
 
-obj := .
 src := $(obj)
 
 clean::
@@ -17,11 +16,20 @@ include $(src)/Makefile
 subdir-all := $(subdir-y) $(subdir-n) $(subdir-) \
               $(patsubst %/,%, $(filter %/, $(obj-y) $(obj-n) $(obj-)))
 
+subdir-all := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-all))
+
 __clean-files := \
     $(clean-files) $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-) \
+    $(extra-y) $(extra-) \
     $(hostprogs-always-y) $(hostprogs-always-)
 
-__clean-files := $(wildcard $(__clean-files))
+# clean-files is given relative to the current directory, unless it
+# starts with $(objtree)/ (which means "./", so do not add "./" unless
+# you want to delete a file from the toplevel object directory).
+
+__clean-files := $(wildcard \
+		   $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(filter-out /% $(objtree)/%, $(__clean-files))) \
+		   $(filter /% $(objtree)/%, $(__clean-files)))
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:: $(subdir-all)
@@ -35,6 +43,6 @@ endif
 
 PHONY += $(subdir-all)
 $(subdir-all):
-	$(MAKE) $(clean) $@
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$@
 
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/xen/test/livepatch/Makefile b/xen/test/livepatch/Makefile
index 008e89fc9a47..5807a559b42a 100644
--- a/xen/test/livepatch/Makefile
+++ b/xen/test/livepatch/Makefile
@@ -160,6 +160,4 @@ install: $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(LIVEPATCHES))
 uninstall:
 	cd $(DESTDIR)$(LIVEPATCH_DEBUG_DIR) && rm -f $(LIVEPATCHES)
 
-.PHONY: clean
-clean::
-	rm -f *.livepatch config.h expect_config.h
+clean-files := config.h expect_config.h
diff --git a/xen/xsm/flask/Makefile b/xen/xsm/flask/Makefile
index 1da6de2867ae..d655cf8d1974 100644
--- a/xen/xsm/flask/Makefile
+++ b/xen/xsm/flask/Makefile
@@ -47,6 +47,4 @@ $(obj)/policy.bin: FORCE
 	$(MAKE) -f $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/flask/policy/Makefile.common -C $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/flask/policy FLASK_BUILD_DIR=$(FLASK_BUILD_DIR)
 	cmp -s $(POLICY_SRC) $@ || cp $(POLICY_SRC) $@
 
-.PHONY: clean
-clean::
-	rm -f $(ALL_H_FILES) policy.* $(POLICY_SRC) flask-policy.S
+clean-files := policy.* $(POLICY_SRC) flask-policy.S
