diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 690c3b54..5cd327bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ git clone https://github.com/openvenues/libpostal
 cd libpostal
 ./bootstrap.sh
 ./configure --datadir=[...some dir with a few GB of space...]
-make distclean
 make -j4
 sudo make install