diff --git a/.github/workflows/angular.yml b/.github/workflows/angular.yml
index 3554c3b1adb5..27c312304b1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/angular.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/angular.yml
@@ -186,17 +186,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
       # Cache save doesn't work with deep path exclude https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/713, remove manually
-      - name: Cleanup application temporary files
-        if: >-
-          github.event_name == 'push' &&
-          matrix.sonar-analyse == 'true'
-        run: |
-          rm -rf target/node
-          rm -rf target/test-results/lcov-report
-          rm -rf target/site
-          rm -rf target/generated-sources
-          rm -rf target/*.original
-          rm -rf target/*.jar
       - name: Create application cache
         if: >-
           github.event_name == 'push' &&
@@ -207,6 +196,13 @@ jobs:
             app/*
             !app/node_modules
             !app/package-lock.json
+            !app/target
+            app/target/*
+            !app/target/node
+            !app/target/site
+            !app/target/generated-sources
+            !app/target/*.original
+            !app/target/*.jar
           key: application-${{ matrix.name }}-${{ github.sha }}
   check-angular:
     permissions: