Add this includes
section to your fileset definition
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.4.1</version>
<configuration>
<filesets>
<fileset>
<directory>war</directory>
<includes>
<include>**/*</include>
</includes>
<followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
</fileset>
</filesets>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>