diff --git a/bin/setup-bench.mts b/bin/setup-bench.mts
index 281c4068d..7a6347760 100644
--- a/bin/setup-bench.mts
+++ b/bin/setup-bench.mts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ const pnpm = await which('pnpm');
   await buildKrausestDeps({
     roots: { benchmark: EXPERIMENT_DIRS.bench, workspace: WORKSPACE_ROOT },
   });
-  await $`rm -r ${EXPERIMENT_DIRS.bench}/node_modules`;
+  await $`rm -rf ${EXPERIMENT_DIRS.bench}/node_modules`;
   await $({ cwd: EXPERIMENT_DIRS.bench })`${pnpm} install`;
   await $({ cwd: EXPERIMENT_DIRS.bench })`${pnpm} vite build`;
 }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ console.info({
     roots: { benchmark: CONTROL_DIRS.bench, workspace: CONTROL_DIRS.repo },
   });
 
-  await $`rm -r ${CONTROL_DIRS.bench}/node_modules`;
+  await $`rm -rf ${CONTROL_DIRS.bench}/node_modules`;
   await $({ cwd: CONTROL_DIRS.bench })`${pnpm} install`;
   await $({ cwd: CONTROL_DIRS.bench })`${pnpm} vite build`;
 }