diff --git a/release/release-deb.pl b/release/release-deb.pl
index 539f0173ff..8f582480a5 100755
--- a/release/release-deb.pl
+++ b/release/release-deb.pl
@@ -20,10 +20,23 @@
 
 my $VER = $ARGV[0];
 my $TAGNAME = "sleuthkit-${VER}";
-my $TARFILE = "${TSKDIR}/../sleuthkit-java_${VER}.orig.tar.xz";
+
+my $TAR1FILE = "${TSKDIR}/../sleuthkit-java_${VER}.orig.tar.xz";
+my $TAR2FILE = "${TSKDIR}/../sleuthkit-java_${VER}.debian.tar.xz";
 my $DEBFILE = "${TSKDIR}/../sleuthkit-java_${VER}-1_amd64.deb";
-die ("ERROR: ${TARFILE} file already exists") if (-e ${TARFILE});
+my $BUILDFILE = "${TSKDIR}/../sleuthkit-java_${VER}-1_amd64.build";
+my $BUILDINFOFILE = "${TSKDIR}/../sleuthkit-java_${VER}-1_amd64.buildinfo";
+my $CHANGESFILE = "${TSKDIR}/../sleuthkit-java_${VER}-1_amd64.changes";
+my $DSCFILE = "${TSKDIR}/../sleuthkit-java_${VER}-1.dsc";
+my $DDEBFILE = "${TSKDIR}/../sleuthkit-java-dbgsym_${VER}-1_amd64.ddeb";
+
+die ("ERROR: ${TAR1FILE} file already exists") if (-e ${TAR1FILE});
+die ("ERROR: ${TAR2FILE} file already exists") if (-e ${TAR2FILE});
 die ("ERROR: ${DEBFILE} file already exists") if (-e ${DEBFILE});
+die ("ERROR: ${BUILDFILE} file already exists") if (-e ${BUILDFILE});
+die ("ERROR: ${BUILDINFOFILE} file already exists") if (-e ${BUILDINFOFILE});
+die ("ERROR: ${CHANGESFILE} file already exists") if (-e ${CHANGESFILE});
+die ("ERROR: ${DSCFILE} file already exists") if (-e ${DSCFILE});
 
 
 
@@ -108,7 +121,7 @@ sub build_deb {
 	print "Running 'dh_make'. Ignore messages about overwriting, and it's OK if it goes blank\n";
 	`dh_make --s -y -e \“info\@sleuthkit.org\” -p sleuthkit-java_${VER} --createorig`;
 
-	die ("ERROR: ${TARFILE} file not created") unless (-e ${TARFILE});
+	die ("ERROR: ${TAR1FILE} file not created") unless (-e ${TAR1FILE});
 
 	print "Running debuild\n";
 	`debuild -us -uc`;
@@ -119,6 +132,17 @@ sub build_deb {
 	}
 }
 
+sub cleanup {
+	print "Removing intermediate files\n";
+	`rm -f $TAR1FILE`;
+	`rm -f $TAR2FILE`;
+	`rm -f $BUILDFILE`;
+	`rm -f $BUILDINFOFILE`;
+	`rm -f $CHANGESFILE`;
+	`rm -f $DSCFILE`;
+	`rm -f $DDEBFILE`;
+}
+
 
 ##############################
 
@@ -126,3 +150,4 @@ sub build_deb {
 
 update_code();
 build_deb();
+cleanup();