diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES.registerRecordDeviceDriver b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES.registerRecordDeviceDriver
index 414b753f7..6328b3cf9 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES.registerRecordDeviceDriver
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/RULES.registerRecordDeviceDriver
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ registerRecordDeviceDriver.o: registerRecordDeviceDriver.c
 registerRecordDeviceDriver.c: $(INSTALL_DBD)/$(DBDNAME)
 	$(RM) registerRecordDeviceDriver.c
 	$(PERL) $(EPICS_BASE_HOST_BIN)/registerRecordDeviceDriver.pl $(INSTALL_DBD)/$(DBDNAME) > registerRecordDeviceDriver.c
+
+clean::
+	@$(RM) registerRecordDeviceDriver.c
diff --git a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/makeDbDepends.pl b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/makeDbDepends.pl
index 3069fb3e2..bb8042bb8 100644
--- a/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/makeDbDepends.pl
+++ b/src/makeBaseApp/top/configure/makeDbDepends.pl
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'  # -*- Mode: perl -*-
 
 # Called from within the object directory.
 # Searches the .substitutions files (from the command line) for
-# "file xxx {" entries to create a .DEPENDS file
+# "file xxx {" entries to create a DEPENDS file
 
-open(OUT, ">.DEPENDS") or die "Cannot open .DEPENDS: $!";
+open(OUT, ">DEPENDS") or die "Cannot open DEPENDS: $!";
 
 foreach $file (@ARGV) {
     open(IN, "<$file") or die "Cannot open $file: $!";