diff --git a/scripts/clean.py b/scripts/clean.py
index 3456aad60..0754218ae 100755
--- a/scripts/clean.py
+++ b/scripts/clean.py
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ def removeFiles(arg, dirname, names):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     for name in os.listdir('logs'):
-        os.remove(os.path.join('logs', name))
+        filename = os.path.join('logs', name)
+        if os.path.isfile(filename):
+            os.remove(filename)
     os.path.walk(os.curdir, removeFiles, None)
 
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