diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f1577ad4d1..0144b0c5ff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ dirclean: clean
 
 cacheclean:
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_CCACHE),)
-	rm -rf $(CCACHE_DIR)
+	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/ccache -C
 endif
 
 ifndef DUMP_TARGET_DB
diff --git a/include/toplevel.mk b/include/toplevel.mk
index d3500ef58f..23bae149d4 100644
--- a/include/toplevel.mk
+++ b/include/toplevel.mk
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ package/symlinks-clean:
 help:
 	cat README.md
 
-distclean: cacheclean
-	rm -rf bin build_dir .config* dl feeds key-build* logs package/feeds package/openwrt-packages staging_dir tmp
+distclean:
+	rm -rf bin build_dir .ccache .config* dl feeds key-build* logs package/feeds package/openwrt-packages staging_dir tmp
 	@$(_SINGLE)$(SUBMAKE) -C scripts/config clean
 
 ifeq ($(findstring v,$(DEBUG)),)