diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3fd6d974ed74c1..73feb4cf47a3a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ out/doc/api/assets/%: doc/api_assets/% out/doc/api/assets
 run-npm-ci = $(PWD)/$(NPM) ci
 
 LINK_DATA = out/doc/apilinks.json
-VERSIONS_DATA = out/doc/previous-versions.json
+VERSIONS_DATA = out/previous-doc-versions.json
 gen-api = tools/doc/generate.js --node-version=$(FULLVERSION) \
 		--apilinks=$(LINK_DATA) $< --output-directory=out/doc/api \
 		--versions-file=$(VERSIONS_DATA)
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ docopen: $(apidocs_html)
 .PHONY: docclean
 docclean:
 	$(RM) -r out/doc
+	$(RM) "$(VERSIONS_DATA)"
 
 RAWVER=$(shell $(PYTHON) tools/getnodeversion.py)
 VERSION=v$(RAWVER)