subdir-ymn := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-ymn))
-# build a list of files to remove, usually releative to the current
+# build a list of files to remove, usually relative to the current
# directory
__clean-files := $(extra-y) $(always) \
$(host-progs) \
$(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m) $(hostprogs-)
+__clean-files := $(filter-out $(no-clean-files), $(__clean-files))
+
# as clean-files is given relative to the current directory, this adds
# a $(obj) prefix, except for absolute paths