diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ctags/ctags_6.2.20261011.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ctags/ctags_6.2.20261011.0.bb
index e2f6b309ef..b419a158c0 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ctags/ctags_6.2.20261011.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/ctags/ctags_6.2.20261011.0.bb
@@ -33,3 +33,6 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[yaml] = "--enable-yaml,--disable-yaml,libyaml"
 PACKAGECONFIG[manpages] = ",,python3-docutils-native"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+
+# calls sphinx-build during clean
+CLEANBROKEN = "1"