diff --git a/hack/make-rules/clean.sh b/hack/make-rules/clean.sh
index 77b41eb0c94..2dc229ebeee 100755
--- a/hack/make-rules/clean.sh
+++ b/hack/make-rules/clean.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ CLEAN_PATTERNS=(
   "_tmp"
   "doc_tmp"
   ".*/zz_generated.openapi.go"
-  "pkg/generated/bindata.go"
   "test/e2e/generated/bindata.go"
 )