diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 5ea48824bd3c..c6b2cfa78af3 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ $(foreach dir,$(clean_dirs),$(eval $(call submake_template,$(dir),clean)))
 clean: $(clean_dirs:=_clean)
 	$(MAKE) -C admin/charsets $@
 	[ ! -d test ] || $(MAKE) -C test $@
-	-rm -f *.tmp etc/*.tmp*
+	-rm -f ./*.tmp etc/*.tmp*
 	-rm -rf info-dir.*
 
 ### 'bootclean'
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ $(foreach dir,$(extraclean_dirs),$(eval $(call submake_template,$(dir),extraclea
 extraclean: $(extraclean_dirs:=_extraclean)
 	${top_maintainer_clean}
 	-rm -f config-tmp-*
-	-rm -f *~ \#*
+	-rm -f ./*~ \#*
 
 # The src subdir knows how to do the right thing
 # even when the build directory and source dir are different.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/Makefile.in b/doc/emacs/Makefile.in
index 1da2f1550f9f..54e173f8d676 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/emacs/Makefile.in
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ doc-emacsver:
 
 ## Temp files.
 mostlyclean:
-	rm -f *.aux *.log *.toc *.cp *.cps *.fn *.fns *.ky *.kys \
-	  *.op *.ops *.pg *.pgs *.tp *.tps *.vr *.vrs
+	rm -f ./*.aux ./*.log ./*.toc ./*.cp ./*.cps ./*.fn ./*.fns ./*.ky ./*.kys \
+	  ./*.op ./*.ops ./*.pg ./*.pgs ./*.tp ./*.tps ./*.vr ./*.vrs
 
 ## Products not in the release tarfiles.
 clean: mostlyclean
diff --git a/doc/lispintro/Makefile.in b/doc/lispintro/Makefile.in
index 71739fdb35fe..e2a1229d5ca7 100644
--- a/doc/lispintro/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/lispintro/Makefile.in
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ emacs-lisp-intro.ps: emacs-lisp-intro.dvi
 .PHONY: mostlyclean clean distclean bootstrap-clean maintainer-clean infoclean
 
 mostlyclean:
-	rm -f *.aux *.log *.toc *.cp *.cps *.fn *.fns *.ky *.kys \
-	  *.op *.ops *.pg *.pgs *.tp *.tps *.vr *.vrs
+	rm -f ./*.aux ./*.log ./*.toc ./*.cp ./*.cps ./*.fn ./*.fns ./*.ky ./*.kys \
+	  ./*.op ./*.ops ./*.pg ./*.pgs ./*.tp ./*.tps ./*.vr ./*.vrs
 
 clean: mostlyclean
 	rm -f $(DVI_TARGETS) $(HTML_TARGETS) $(PDF_TARGETS) $(PS_TARGETS)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/Makefile.in b/doc/lispref/Makefile.in
index 98ca90a96d43..221f4f97f510 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/lispref/Makefile.in
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ elisp.ps: elisp.dvi
 
 ## [12] stuff is from two-volume.make.
 mostlyclean:
-	rm -f *.aux *.log *.toc *.cp *.cps *.fn *.fns *.ky *.kys \
-	  *.op *.ops *.pg *.pgs *.tp *.tps *.vr *.vrs
+	rm -f ./*.aux ./*.log ./*.toc ./*.cp ./*.cps ./*.fn ./*.fns ./*.ky ./*.kys \
+	  ./*.op ./*.ops ./*.pg ./*.pgs ./*.tp ./*.tps ./*.vr ./*.vrs
 	rm -f elisp[12]* vol[12].tmp
 
 clean: mostlyclean
diff --git a/doc/misc/Makefile.in b/doc/misc/Makefile.in
index 11086b330374..fd07ea4ca13a 100644
--- a/doc/misc/Makefile.in
+++ b/doc/misc/Makefile.in
@@ -224,13 +224,13 @@ ${buildinfodir}/tramp.info tramp.html: ${srcdir}/trampver.texi
 .PHONY: mostlyclean clean distclean bootstrap-clean maintainer-clean
 
 mostlyclean:
-	rm -f *.aux *.log *.toc *.c[mp] *.c[mp]s *.fn *.fns \
-	  *.ky *.kys *.op *.ops *.p[gj] *.p[gj]s *.sc *.scs *.ss \
-	  *.t[gp] *.t[gp]s *.vr *.vrs
+	rm -f ./*.aux ./*.log ./*.toc ./*.c[mp] ./*.c[mp]s ./*.fn ./*.fns \
+	  ./*.ky ./*.kys ./*.op ./*.ops ./*.p[gj] ./*.p[gj]s ./*.sc ./*.scs ./*.ss \
+	  ./*.t[gp] ./*.t[gp]s ./*.vr ./*.vrs
 	rm -f gnustmp*
 
 clean: mostlyclean
-	rm -f *.dvi *.html *.pdf *.ps
+	rm -f ./*.dvi ./*.html ./*.pdf ./*.ps
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f Makefile
diff --git a/etc/refcards/Makefile b/etc/refcards/Makefile
index b61ff5f8032a..a3c8e551722b 100644
--- a/etc/refcards/Makefile
+++ b/etc/refcards/Makefile
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ viperCard.dvi: $(vipercard_deps)
 .PHONY: clean
 
 clean:
-	-rm -f *.dvi *.log *.aux
+	-rm -f ./*.dvi ./*.log ./*.aux
 
 distclean: clean
 
diff --git a/lib-src/Makefile.in b/lib-src/Makefile.in
index b2b901788a54..ecb9208a1cdb 100644
--- a/lib-src/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib-src/Makefile.in
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ uninstall:
 	fi
 
 mostlyclean:
-	rm -f core *.o *.res
+	rm -f core ./*.o ./*.res
 
 clean: mostlyclean
 	rm -f ${EXE_FILES}
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ distclean: clean
 bootstrap-clean maintainer-clean: distclean
 
 extraclean: maintainer-clean
-	rm -f *~ \#*
+	rm -f ./*~ \#*
 
 ## Test the contents of the directory.
 check:
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.in b/lib/Makefile.in
index b26db27423d8..7dba31be711a 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/Makefile.in
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ TAGS: $(ETAGS) $(tagsfiles)
 .PHONY: $(ETAGS) tags
 
 clean:
-	rm -f *.[ao] *-t \#* $(DEPDIR)/*
+	rm -f ./*.[ao] ./*-t \#* $(DEPDIR)/*
 mostlyclean: clean
 	rm -f $(filter-out %-t,$(MOSTLYCLEANFILES))
 distclean bootstrap-clean: mostlyclean
diff --git a/lwlib/Makefile.in b/lwlib/Makefile.in
index 6bd26083816b..ed71270a771a 100644
--- a/lwlib/Makefile.in
+++ b/lwlib/Makefile.in
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ $(globals_h):
 .PHONY: mostlyclean clean distclean bootstrap-clean maintainer-clean
 
 clean mostlyclean:
-	rm -f *.o liblw.a \#* $(DEPDIR)/*
+	rm -f ./*.o liblw.a \#* $(DEPDIR)/*
 
 distclean: clean
 	rm -f Makefile
diff --git a/oldXMenu/Makefile.in b/oldXMenu/Makefile.in
index d795038797a2..211bac97ee42 100644
--- a/oldXMenu/Makefile.in
+++ b/oldXMenu/Makefile.in
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ libXMenu11.a: $(OBJS) $(EXTRA)
 .PHONY: mostlyclean clean distclean bootstrap-clean maintainer-clean
 
 clean mostlyclean:
-	rm -f libXMenu11.a *.o $(DEPDIR)/*
+	rm -f libXMenu11.a ./*.o $(DEPDIR)/*
 
 bootstrap-clean maintainer-clean distclean: clean
 	rm -f Makefile
diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index 7d9c2361a9b3..72f568988a8d 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -645,12 +645,12 @@ ns-app: emacs$(EXEEXT)
 .PHONY: versionclean extraclean
 
 mostlyclean:
-	rm -f temacs$(EXEEXT) core *.core \#* *.o
+	rm -f temacs$(EXEEXT) core ./*.core \#* ./*.o
 	rm -f ../etc/DOC
 	rm -f bootstrap-emacs$(EXEEXT) emacs-$(version)$(EXEEXT)
 	rm -f buildobj.h
 	rm -f globals.h gl-stamp
-	rm -f *.res *.tmp
+	rm -f ./*.res ./*.tmp
 clean: mostlyclean
 	rm -f emacs-*.*.*[0-9]$(EXEEXT) emacs$(EXEEXT) $(DEPDIR)/*
 
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ maintainer-clean: distclean
 versionclean:
 	-rm -f emacs$(EXEEXT) emacs-*.*.*[0-9]$(EXEEXT) ../etc/DOC*
 extraclean: distclean
-	-rm -f *~ \#*
+	-rm -f ./*~ \#*
 
 
 ETAGS = ../lib-src/etags${EXEEXT}
diff --git a/test/Makefile.in b/test/Makefile.in
index a1f43882881a..adb316c3d9ca 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.in
+++ b/test/Makefile.in
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ endif
 
 mostlyclean:
 	-@for f in ${LOGFILES}; do test ! -f $$f || mv $$f $$f~; done
-	rm -f *.tmp
+	rm -f ./*.tmp
 
 clean:
 	find . '(' -name '*.log' -o -name '*.log~' ')' $(FIND_DELETE)