diff --git a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
index 7eb4ea76a6..44bf206d00 100644
--- a/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/unix-Makefile.tmpl
@@ -518,13 +518,13 @@ clean: libclean
 	$(RM) $(MANDOCS1) $(MANDOCS3) $(MANDOCS5) $(MANDOCS7)
 	$(RM) $(PROGRAMS) $(TESTPROGS) $(MODULES) $(SCRIPTS)
 	$(RM) $(GENERATED_MANDATORY) $(GENERATED)
-	-$(RM) `find . -name '*{- platform->depext() -}' \! -name '.*' \! -type d -print`
-	-$(RM) `find . -name '*{- platform->objext() -}' \! -name '.*' \! -type d -print`
+	-find . -name '*{- platform->depext() -}' \! -name '.*' \! -type d -exec $(RM) {} \;
+	-find . -name '*{- platform->objext() -}' \! -name '.*' \! -type d -exec $(RM) {} \;
 	$(RM) core
 	$(RM) tags TAGS doc-nits cmd-nits md-nits
 	$(RM) -r test/test-runs
 	$(RM) openssl.pc libcrypto.pc libssl.pc
-	-$(RM) `find . -type l \! -name '.*' -print`
+	-find . -type l \! -name '.*' -exec $(RM) {} \;
 	$(RM) $(TARFILE)
 
 distclean: clean