diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/vulkan-shaders-gen.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/vulkan-shaders-gen.cpp
index 892397efc..c0816e309 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/vulkan-shaders-gen.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/vulkan-shaders/vulkan-shaders-gen.cpp
@@ -580,6 +580,9 @@ void write_output_files() {
         }
         fprintf(src, "\n};\n\n");
 
+        if (!no_clean) {
+            std::remove(path.c_str());
+        }
     }
 
     fclose(hdr);