diff --git a/lisp/ox-latex.el b/lisp/ox-latex.el
index 7f5b9ff2d..186025182 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-latex.el
@@ -3612,7 +3612,7 @@ produced."
 	(mapc #'delete-file
 	      (directory-files
 	       (file-name-directory outfile)
-	       nil
+	       t
 	       (concat (regexp-quote (file-name-base outfile))
 		       "\\(?:\\.[0-9]+\\)?\\."
 		       (regexp-opt org-latex-logfiles-extensions))