diff --git a/nukebuild/Build.cs b/nukebuild/Build.cs
index c71a0c1e39..48415ef50b 100644
--- a/nukebuild/Build.cs
+++ b/nukebuild/Build.cs
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ partial class Build : NukeBuild
     Target Clean => _ => _.Executes(() =>
     {
         Parameters.BuildDirs.ForEach(DeleteDirectory);
-        Parameters.BuildDirs.ForEach(EnsureCleanDirectory);
         EnsureCleanDirectory(Parameters.ArtifactsDir);
         EnsureCleanDirectory(Parameters.NugetIntermediateRoot);
         EnsureCleanDirectory(Parameters.NugetRoot);
diff --git a/nukebuild/BuildParameters.cs b/nukebuild/BuildParameters.cs
index 50f4f1c5da..a59750abdf 100644
--- a/nukebuild/BuildParameters.cs
+++ b/nukebuild/BuildParameters.cs
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ public partial class Build
             NugetIntermediateRoot = RootDirectory / "build-intermediate" / "nuget";
             ZipRoot = ArtifactsDir / "zip";
             TestResultsRoot = ArtifactsDir / "test-results";
-            BuildDirs = GlobDirectories(RootDirectory, "**bin").Concat(GlobDirectories(RootDirectory, "**obj")).ToList();
+            BuildDirs = GlobDirectories(RootDirectory, "**/bin")
+                .Concat(GlobDirectories(RootDirectory, "**/obj"))
+                .Where(dir => !dir.Contains("nukebuild"))
+                .Concat(GlobDirectories(RootDirectory, "**/node_modules"))
+                .ToList();
             DirSuffix = Configuration;
             FileZipSuffix = Version + ".zip";
             ZipCoreArtifacts = ZipRoot / ("Avalonia-" + FileZipSuffix);