diff --git a/windowsBuild-delegated.sh b/windowsBuild-delegated.sh
index 76ec9a9..0d8cf23 100755
--- a/windowsBuild-delegated.sh
+++ b/windowsBuild-delegated.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set -e
 #!/bin/sh
 #this will hopefully download all konan dependancies that we use in the build scripts
-
+./gradlew clean
 ./gradlew multiplatform-crypto-api:build
 cd sodiumWrapper
 echo "Starting mingw libsodium  build"
diff --git a/windowsBuild-pure.sh b/windowsBuild-pure.sh
index 3ad152f..706b61f 100755
--- a/windowsBuild-pure.sh
+++ b/windowsBuild-pure.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 set -e
 #!/bin/sh
+./gradlew clean
 ./gradlew multiplatform-crypto-api:build
 ./gradlew multiplatform-crypto:build
 set +e