diff -urN portage-3.0.82-orig/lib/_emerge/EbuildBuild.py portage-3.0.82/lib/_emerge/EbuildBuild.py
--- portage-3.0.82-orig/lib/_emerge/EbuildBuild.py	2026-08-22 14:02:19 +0900
+++ portage-3.0.82/lib/_emerge/EbuildBuild.py	2026-08-24 01:25:07 +0900
@@ -214,19 +214,20 @@
             return
 
         lock_task.future.result()
-        # Cleaning needs to happen before fetch, since the build dir
-        # is used for log handling.
-        msg = f" === ({self.pkg_count.curval} of {self.pkg_count.maxval}) Cleaning ({self.pkg.cpv}::{self._ebuild_path})"
-        short_msg = f"emerge: ({self.pkg_count.curval} of {self.pkg_count.maxval}) {self.pkg.cpv} Clean"
-        self.logger.log(msg, short_msg=short_msg)
+        if 'noclean' not in self.settings.features:
+            # Cleaning needs to happen before fetch, since the build dir
+            # is used for log handling.
+            msg = f" === ({self.pkg_count.curval} of {self.pkg_count.maxval}) Cleaning ({self.pkg.cpv}::{self._ebuild_path})"
+            short_msg = f"emerge: ({self.pkg_count.curval} of {self.pkg_count.maxval}) {self.pkg.cpv} Clean"
+            self.logger.log(msg, short_msg=short_msg)
 
-        pre_clean_phase = EbuildPhase(
-            background=self.background,
-            phase="clean",
-            scheduler=self.scheduler,
-            settings=self.settings,
-        )
-        self._start_task(pre_clean_phase, self._pre_clean_exit)
+            pre_clean_phase = EbuildPhase(
+                background=self.background,
+                phase="clean",
+                scheduler=self.scheduler,
+                settings=self.settings,
+            )
+            self._start_task(pre_clean_phase, self._pre_clean_exit)
 
     def _fetchonly_exit(self, fetcher):
         if not fetcher.cancelled and isinstance(fetcher, AsyncTaskFuture):