diff --git a/bindings/java/build.xml b/bindings/java/build.xml
index dde935ee22c9e2440dee8e9ccebdb6a1c1e93b32..e667d97efb1095fe2a24b552e51bb47156db1664 100755
--- a/bindings/java/build.xml
+++ b/bindings/java/build.xml
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@
   
 	<target name="clean"
 			description="clean up" >
-		<!-- Delete the ${build} and ${dist} directory trees -->
 		<delete dir="${build}"/>
 		<delete dir="${dist}"/>
+		<delete dir="${lib}"/>
 	</target>
 
 	<target name ="javadoc" description="Make the API docs">