diff --git a/_scripts/clean.mjs b/_scripts/clean.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b4ac899f8d303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_scripts/clean.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { rm } from 'fs/promises'
+import { join } from 'path'
+
+const BUILD_PATH = join(import.meta.dirname, '..', 'build')
+const DIST_PATH = join(import.meta.dirname, '..', 'dist')
+
+await Promise.all([
+  rm(BUILD_PATH, { recursive: true, force: true }),
+  rm(DIST_PATH, { recursive: true, force: true })
+])
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 76616d305825c..db7f74aced214 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "build-release": "node _scripts/build.js",
     "build-release:arm64": "node _scripts/build.js arm64",
     "build-release:arm32": "node _scripts/build.js arm32",
-    "clean": "rimraf build/ dist/",
+    "clean": "node _scripts/clean.mjs",
     "debug": "run-s rebuild:electron patch-shaka debug-runner",
     "debug-runner": "node _scripts/dev-runner.js --remote-debug",
     "dev": "run-s rebuild:electron patch-shaka dev-runner",
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
     "npm-run-all2": "^7.0.2",
     "postcss": "^8.4.49",
     "postcss-scss": "^4.0.9",
-    "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
     "sass": "^1.83.4",
     "sass-loader": "^16.0.4",
     "stylelint": "^16.12.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5e141fd786515..358c356dc7572 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4908,18 +4908,6 @@ glob@^10.3.12, glob@^10.3.3:
     package-json-from-dist "^1.0.0"
     path-scurry "^1.11.1"
 
-glob@^11.0.0:
-  version "11.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-11.0.0.tgz#6031df0d7b65eaa1ccb9b29b5ced16cea658e77e"
-  integrity sha512-9UiX/Bl6J2yaBbxKoEBRm4Cipxgok8kQYcOPEhScPwebu2I0HoQOuYdIO6S3hLuWoZgpDpwQZMzTFxgpkyT76g==
-  dependencies:
-    foreground-child "^3.1.0"
-    jackspeak "^4.0.1"
-    minimatch "^10.0.0"
-    minipass "^7.1.2"
-    package-json-from-dist "^1.0.0"
-    path-scurry "^2.0.0"
-
 glob@^7.1.3, glob@^7.1.4, glob@^7.1.6:
   version "7.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/glob/-/glob-7.2.3.tgz#b8df0fb802bbfa8e89bd1d938b4e16578ed44f2b"
@@ -5899,15 +5887,6 @@ jackspeak@^3.1.2:
   optionalDependencies:
     "@pkgjs/parseargs" "^0.11.0"
 
-jackspeak@^4.0.1:
-  version "4.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jackspeak/-/jackspeak-4.0.1.tgz#9fca4ce961af6083e259c376e9e3541431f5287b"
-  integrity sha512-cub8rahkh0Q/bw1+GxP7aeSe29hHHn2V4m29nnDlvCdlgU+3UGxkZp7Z53jLUdpX3jdTO0nJZUDl3xvbWc2Xog==
-  dependencies:
-    "@isaacs/cliui" "^8.0.2"
-  optionalDependencies:
-    "@pkgjs/parseargs" "^0.11.0"
-
 jake@^10.8.5:
   version "10.8.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jake/-/jake-10.8.5.tgz#f2183d2c59382cb274226034543b9c03b8164c46"
@@ -6315,11 +6294,6 @@ lru-cache@^10.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-10.2.2.tgz#48206bc114c1252940c41b25b41af5b545aca878"
   integrity sha512-9hp3Vp2/hFQUiIwKo8XCeFVnrg8Pk3TYNPIR7tJADKi5YfcF7vEaK7avFHTlSy3kOKYaJQaalfEo6YuXdceBOQ==
 
-lru-cache@^11.0.0:
-  version "11.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-11.0.0.tgz#15d93a196f189034d7166caf9fe55e7384c98a21"
-  integrity sha512-Qv32eSV1RSCfhY3fpPE2GNZ8jgM9X7rdAfemLWqTUxwiyIC4jJ6Sy0fZ8H+oLWevO6i4/bizg7c8d8i6bxrzbA==
-
 lru-cache@^4.1.2:
   version "4.1.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-4.1.5.tgz#8bbe50ea85bed59bc9e33dcab8235ee9bcf443cd"
@@ -7119,14 +7093,6 @@ path-scurry@^1.11.1:
     lru-cache "^10.2.0"
     minipass "^5.0.0 || ^6.0.2 || ^7.0.0"
 
-path-scurry@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-scurry/-/path-scurry-2.0.0.tgz#9f052289f23ad8bf9397a2a0425e7b8615c58580"
-  integrity sha512-ypGJsmGtdXUOeM5u93TyeIEfEhM6s+ljAhrk5vAvSx8uyY/02OvrZnA0YNGUrPXfpJMgI1ODd3nwz8Npx4O4cg==
-  dependencies:
-    lru-cache "^11.0.0"
-    minipass "^7.1.2"
-
 path-to-regexp@0.1.12:
   version "0.1.12"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.12.tgz#d5e1a12e478a976d432ef3c58d534b9923164bb7"
@@ -7983,14 +7949,6 @@ rimraf@^3.0.0, rimraf@^3.0.2:
   dependencies:
     glob "^7.1.3"
 
-rimraf@^6.0.1:
-  version "6.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-6.0.1.tgz#ffb8ad8844dd60332ab15f52bc104bc3ed71ea4e"
-  integrity sha512-9dkvaxAsk/xNXSJzMgFqqMCuFgt2+KsOFek3TMLfo8NCPfWpBmqwyNn5Y+NX56QUYfCtsyhF3ayiboEoUmJk/A==
-  dependencies:
-    glob "^11.0.0"
-    package-json-from-dist "^1.0.0"
-
 roarr@^2.15.3:
   version "2.15.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/roarr/-/roarr-2.15.4.tgz#f5fe795b7b838ccfe35dc608e0282b9eba2e7afd"