diff --git a/scripts/cleanup.py b/scripts/cleanup.py
index 60f569c80..001ec0452 100644
--- a/scripts/cleanup.py
+++ b/scripts/cleanup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from fnmatch import fnmatch
 
 
 recursive_lint = ['__pycache__', '*.pyc']
-lint = ['build', 'pkg/pkg', 'pkg/qutebrowser-*.pkg.tar.xz', 'pkg/src',
+lint = ['build', 'dist', 'pkg/pkg', 'pkg/qutebrowser-*.pkg.tar.xz', 'pkg/src',
         'pkg/qutebrowser', 'qutebrowser.egg-info', 'setuptools-*.egg',
         'setuptools-*.zip']