diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 8c9c49dfe4..b3ba554285 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@
     <target name="realclean" depends="clean" description="Remove the entire build directory and all downloaded artifacts">
         <delete dir="${build.dir}" />
         <delete dir="${doc.dir}/build" />
+        <delete dir="${doc.dir}/source/tools/nodetool" />
     </target>
 
     <!--