diff --git a/etc/bash-utils.sh b/etc/bash-utils.sh
index 6841a57..9c090af 100755
--- a/etc/bash-utils.sh
+++ b/etc/bash-utils.sh
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ clean-rmm-python() {
     find "$RMM_HOME" -type f -name '*.pyc' -delete;
     find "$RMM_HOME" -type d -name '__pycache__' -delete;
     find "$RMM_HOME/python" -type f -name '*.so' -delete;
-    find "$RMM_HOME/python" -type f -name '*.cpp' -delete;
+    find "$RMM_HOME/python" -type f -name '*.cpp' -not -name "_torch_allocator.cpp" -delete;
 }
 
 export -f clean-rmm-python;