diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index db6fe349..34777126 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 # This assumes that gonative and gox is installed as per the 'one time setup' instructions
 # at https://github.com/inconshreveable/gonative
 
+rm  build/*
 gox -output="build/{{.Dir}}_{{.OS}}_{{.Arch}}"