diff --git a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/FileUtils.java b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/FileUtils.java
index d755b33389..3cdec43cf6 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/FileUtils.java
+++ b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/FileUtils.java
@@ -912,6 +912,11 @@ public class FileUtils
     public static void forceDelete( final File file )
         throws IOException
     {
+        if ( ! file.exists() )
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if ( file.isDirectory() )
         {
             deleteDirectory( file );
@@ -934,6 +939,11 @@ public class FileUtils
     public static void forceDeleteOnExit( final File file )
         throws IOException
     {
+        if ( ! file.exists() )
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if ( file.isDirectory() )
         {
             deleteDirectoryOnExit( file );
diff --git a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/MBoot.java b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/MBoot.java
index a8974c33da..a7d5fc66d9 100644
--- a/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/MBoot.java
+++ b/maven-mboot2/src/main/java/MBoot.java
@@ -402,10 +402,7 @@ public class MBoot
 
         // clean
         System.out.println( "Cleaning " + buildDirFile + "..." );
-        if ( buildDirFile.exists() )
-        {
-            FileUtils.forceDelete( buildDirFile );
-        }
+        FileUtils.forceDelete( buildDirFile );
 
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
         // Download deps