diff --git a/bootstrap.bat b/bootstrap.bat
index d2a70b7b0..8b7b6aa57 100755
--- a/bootstrap.bat
+++ b/bootstrap.bat
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ copy %TOOLS%\ant\taskdefs\*.properties classes\org\apache\tools\ant\taskdefs
 echo.
 echo ... Building Ant Distribution
 
-%JAVA% org.apache.tools.ant.Main main %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
+%JAVA% org.apache.tools.ant.Main clean main %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
 
 echo.
 echo ... Cleaning Up Build Directories
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 485fc28a6..e3fcfe97f 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ javac  -d ${CLASSDIR} ${SRCDIR}/ant/taskdefs/*.java
 
 cp src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties ${CLASSDIR}/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs
 
-java org.apache.tools.ant.Main main
+java org.apache.tools.ant.Main clean main
 java org.apache.tools.ant.Main clean 
 
 if test ! -d bin; then mkdir bin; fi