diff --git a/apps/howto_deploy/Makefile b/apps/howto_deploy/Makefile
index 3ab4fb2b45e6..5c4a6d6e89da 100644
--- a/apps/howto_deploy/Makefile
+++ b/apps/howto_deploy/Makefile
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ lib/libtvm_runtime_pack.o: tvm_runtime_pack.cc
 
 # The code library built by TVM
 lib/test_addone_sys.o: prepare_test_libs.py
+	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	python prepare_test_libs.py
 
 # Deploy using the all in one TVM package library
@@ -50,4 +51,4 @@ lib/cpp_deploy_normal: cpp_deploy.cc lib/test_addone_sys.o
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	$(CXX) $(PKG_CFLAGS) -o $@  $^ -ltvm_runtime $(PKG_LDFLAGS)
 clean:
-	rm lib/libtvm_runtime_pack.o lib/test_addone_sys.o lib/cpp_deploy_pack lib/cpp_deploy_normal
+	rm -rf lib