diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d319b1167..eed51232a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 	* Makefile.tpl (local-distclean): Also remove config.cache files in
 	sub-directories as there may not be Makefiles present in the
 	sub-directories.
+	* Makefile.tpl: Use "-exec rm {}" rather than "-delete" to delete
+	the config.cache files found by the find command.
+
 	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
 	* configure.ac: Revert previous delta.
 	* configure: Regenerate.
diff --git a/Makefile.tpl b/Makefile.tpl
index 37317bcaf..98b526c5a 100644
--- a/Makefile.tpl
+++ b/Makefile.tpl
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ local-distclean:
 	-rmdir texinfo/doc texinfo/info texinfo/intl texinfo/lib 2>/dev/null
 	-rmdir texinfo/makeinfo texinfo/po texinfo/util 2>/dev/null
 	-rmdir fastjar gcc libiberty texinfo zlib 2>/dev/null
-	-find . -name config.cache -delete \; 2>/dev/null
+	-find . -name config.cache -exec rm -f {} \; \; 2>/dev/null
 
 local-maintainer-clean:
 	@echo "This command is intended for maintainers to use;"