diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b1c1db7e..f303241ee 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ build/%.html.xhtml5-validate: build/%.html
 ### Die neuesten Chaosupdates holen ###
 $(WWW_CCC_DE_UPDATES).orig: $(DATESTAMP)
 	$(RM) $@
-	$(WGET) -O $@ -4 http://www.ccc.de/de/rss/updates.rdf
+	$(WGET) -O $@ -4 http://www.ccc.de/de/rss/updates.rdf || rm updates.rdf
 
 $(WWW_CCC_DE_UPDATES): $(WWW_CCC_DE_UPDATES).orig
 	$(VALIDATOR) --recover $< > $@