diff --git a/packages/base/package.json b/packages/base/package.json
index fc0042f7..ab702ec8 100644
--- a/packages/base/package.json
+++ b/packages/base/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha",
-    "prebuild": "rimraf *.d.ts",
+    "prebuild": "rimraf -g *.d.ts",
     "build": "tsc",
     "prepack": "npm run build"
   },
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index a6bbba66..f9f09a4a 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha",
-    "prebuild": "rimraf *.d.ts [!node_modules]/**/*.d.ts",
+    "prebuild": "rimraf -g *.d.ts [!node_modules]/**/*.d.ts",
     "build": "tsc",
     "prepack": "npm run build"
   },
diff --git a/packages/graph-store/package.json b/packages/graph-store/package.json
index f78ed5e9..6ccce88b 100644
--- a/packages/graph-store/package.json
+++ b/packages/graph-store/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha",
-    "prebuild": "rimraf *.d.ts lib/*.d.ts",
+    "prebuild": "rimraf -g *.d.ts lib/*.d.ts",
     "build": "tsc",
     "prepack": "npm run build"
   },
diff --git a/packages/shacl/package.json b/packages/shacl/package.json
index 4c20ba43..b8bb8746 100644
--- a/packages/shacl/package.json
+++ b/packages/shacl/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha",
-    "prebuild": "rimraf *.d.ts **/*.d.ts",
+    "prebuild": "rimraf -g *.d.ts **/*.d.ts",
     "build": "tsc",
     "prepack": "npm run build"
   },