diff --git a/datahub-web-react/build.gradle b/datahub-web-react/build.gradle
index 78fb7aa338..b7434a3310 100644
--- a/datahub-web-react/build.gradle
+++ b/datahub-web-react/build.gradle
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ task yarnGenerate(type: YarnTask, dependsOn: yarnInstall) {
   outputs.files(
     project.fileTree(dir: "src", include: "**/*.generated.ts"),
   )
+
+  doFirst{
+    delete fileTree(dir: 'src', include: '**/*.generated.ts')
+  }
 }
 
 task yarnServe(type: YarnTask, dependsOn: [yarnInstall, yarnGenerate]) {
@@ -260,7 +264,7 @@ clean {
   delete 'dist'
   delete 'tmp'
   delete 'just'
-  delete fileTree(dir: 'src', include: '*.generated.ts')
+  delete fileTree(dir: 'src', include: '**/*.generated.ts')
   delete 'public/assets/capability_summary.json'
 }