diff --git a/script/clear-target-dir-if-larger-than b/script/clear-target-dir-if-larger-than
index f5219dcc537178e50ea300aa3df3871ace9182a2..e2e3062a1862da673c8f684f4231f53d367e5546 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/* target/.*
 fi