diff --git a/checkversion.sh b/checkversion.sh
index 365e3149a3..ef6184141d 100755
--- a/checkversion.sh
+++ b/checkversion.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ oldversion=`cat .version 2>/dev/null || echo "0"`
 if [ $oldversion != $version ] ; then
     cat src/include/switch_version.h.in | sed "s/@SVN_VERSION@/$version/g" > src/include/switch_version.h
     echo $version > .version
+    make modclean
 fi