diff --git a/.circleci/continue_config.yml b/.circleci/continue_config.yml
index b57a4364a4d..55da95bba7d 100644
--- a/.circleci/continue_config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/continue_config.yml
@@ -2925,7 +2925,7 @@ jobs:
 
               # build ddtrace.so
               cd ~/datadog
-              make clean
+              rm -r tmp/build_extension
               make install
 
               # Build ext Tea tests