diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly_macos_x86_64.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly_macos_x86_64.yml
index 290dc3592a..9132e2260d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly_macos_x86_64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly_macos_x86_64.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo test --release --locked -- --skip opaque_wrap_function --skip gen_list::bool_list_literal --skip gen_tags::phantom_polymorphic_record
 
       - name: This clean prevents a zig build command crashed error
-        run: cargo clean
+        run: git clean -fdx
 
       - name: build release
         run: RUSTFLAGS="-C target-cpu=x86-64" cargo build --profile=release-with-lto --locked --bin roc --bin roc_language_server