diff --git a/script/clear-target-dir-if-larger-than b/script/clear-target-dir-if-larger-than
index b77b4cff0f3d2bf22756538a49e38e8a11c200ef..e3fba2db90e71c747fd9e9ea45469dec023dc7e1 100755
--- a/script/clear-target-dir-if-larger-than
+++ b/script/clear-target-dir-if-larger-than
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ echo "target directory size: ${current_size_gb}gb. max size: ${max_size_gb}gb"
 
 if [[ ${current_size_gb} -gt ${max_size_gb} ]]; then
     echo "clearing target directory"
-    rm -rf target
+    rm -rf target/*
 fi