diff --git a/tools/dist/build.js b/tools/dist/build.js
index 6a6f2f521d..e3a15536e3 100644
--- a/tools/dist/build.js
+++ b/tools/dist/build.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const dist = path.join(repoRoot, 'dist');
 export default function BuildDistributable() {
   console.log('Building: '.cyan + 'distributable'.green);
 
-  return exec(`rm -rf ${dist}`)
+  return exec(`rimraf ${dist}`)
     .then(() => Promise.all([
       exec('webpack --bail'),
       exec('webpack --bail -p')
diff --git a/tools/lib/build.js b/tools/lib/build.js
index a1b6cec891..01adeb9164 100644
--- a/tools/lib/build.js
+++ b/tools/lib/build.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const src = path.join(repoRoot, 'src');
 export default function BuildCommonJs() {
   console.log('Building: '.cyan + 'npm module'.green);
 
-  return exec(`rm -rf ${lib}`)
+  return exec(`rimraf ${lib}`)
     .then(() => exec(`babel --optional es7.objectRestSpread ${src} --out-dir ${lib}`))
     .then(() => console.log('Built: '.cyan + 'npm module'.green));
 }