diff --git a/Makefile.dev b/Makefile.dev
index 650fc32..ad4d919 100644
--- a/Makefile.dev
+++ b/Makefile.dev
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ clean-release:
 		configure \
 		configure~ \
 		depcomp \
-		**\.deps \
+		**/.deps \
 		$(TARGET) \
 		$(TARGET)-*.tar.gz \
 		$(TARGET)-*.pkg.tar.zst \
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test-release: clean clean-release
 	./configure
 	make distcheck
 	mkdir -p build
-	cp "$(TARGET)-steel-*.tar.gz" build/
+	cp $(TARGET)-steel-*.tar.gz build/
 
 .PHONY: release-%
 release-%: clean clean-release