diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index a27d562df736..7e9a3526b932 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ distributeworld installworld stageworld: _installcheck_world .PHONY
 	    ${IMAKEENV} rm -rf ${INSTALLTMP}
 .if make(distributeworld)
 .for dist in ${EXTRA_DISTRIBUTIONS}
-	find ${DESTDIR}/${DISTDIR}/${dist} -mindepth 1 -empty -delete
+	find ${DESTDIR}/${DISTDIR}/${dist} -mindepth 1 -type d -empty -delete
 .endfor
 .if defined(NO_ROOT)
 .for dist in base ${EXTRA_DISTRIBUTIONS}