diff --git a/src/build.ts b/src/build.ts
index e82fbe2a..51231b0c 100644
--- a/src/build.ts
+++ b/src/build.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import consola from 'consola'
 import defu from 'defu'
 import prettyBytes from 'pretty-bytes'
 import jiti from 'jiti'
-import { dumpObject, cleanDir } from './utils'
+import mkdirp from 'mkdirp'
+import { dumpObject, rmdir } from './utils'
 import type { BuildContext } from './types'
 import { validateDependencies } from './validate'
 import { rollupBuild } from './builder/rollup'
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@ export async function build (rootDir: string, stub: boolean) {
   // Clean dist dirs
   if (ctx.clean) {
     for (const dir of new Set(ctx.entries.map(e => e.outDir).sort())) {
-      await cleanDir(dir!)
+      await rmdir(dir!)
+      await mkdirp(dir!)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/builder/mkdist.ts b/src/builder/mkdist.ts
index 7d8ea0d1..9e3b2650 100644
--- a/src/builder/mkdist.ts
+++ b/src/builder/mkdist.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { mkdist } from 'mkdist'
-import { symlink } from '../utils'
+import { symlink, rmdir } from '../utils'
 import type { BuildContext } from '../types'
 
 export async function mkdistBuild (ctx: BuildContext) {
   for (const entry of ctx.entries.filter(e => e.builder === 'mkdist')) {
     const distDir = entry.outDir!
     if (ctx.stub) {
+      await rmdir(distDir)
       await symlink(entry.input, distDir)
     } else {
       const { writtenFiles } = await mkdist({
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 035fef00..10db75c1 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import fsp from 'fs/promises'
 import { promisify } from 'util'
 import { dirname } from 'upath'
 import mkdirp from 'mkdirp'
-import rimraf from 'rimraf'
+import _rimraf from 'rimraf'
 
 export async function ensuredir (path: string) {
   await mkdirp(dirname(path))
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ export function getpkg (id: string = '') {
   return s[0][0] === '@' ? `${s[0]}/${s[1]}` : s[0]
 }
 
-export async function cleanDir (dir: string) {
+const rimraf = promisify(_rimraf)
+
+export async function rmdir (dir: string) {
   await fsp.unlink(dir).catch(() => { })
-  await promisify(rimraf)(dir)
-  await mkdirp(dir)
+  await rimraf(dir)
 }