diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f7a20d2..62798e9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 all: pandoc html
 
 # XXX temporary workaround for pandoc not being present in Cloudflare Pages platform V2
+# pandoc --version || sudo apt install -y pandoc
 pandoc:
-#	pandoc --version || sudo apt install -y pandoc
 	pandoc --version || \
 		wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.1.9/pandoc-3.1.9-linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
-		tar xzf pandoc-3.1.9-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+		tar xzf pandoc-3.1.9-linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
+		rm pandoc-3.1.9-linux-amd.tar.gz
 
 #PANDOC=pandoc
 PANDOC=pandoc-3.1.9/bin/pandoc \