diff --git a/cde/programs/dtappbuilder/src/ab/Imakefile b/cde/programs/dtappbuilder/src/ab/Imakefile
index 142b07797..c7b70f991 100644
--- a/cde/programs/dtappbuilder/src/ab/Imakefile
+++ b/cde/programs/dtappbuilder/src/ab/Imakefile
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ DependFileName::
 	-RunProgram(DEPEND,$(DEPENDFLAGS) $(ALLDEFINES) $(DEPEND_DEFINES) $(SRCS2)) > $@
 
 clean::
-	RemoveFile(ProgramTargetName(PROGRAMS))
+	RemoveFile(ProgramTargetName($(PROGRAMS)))
 
 AbMessageCatalogTarget(dtbuilder)