diff --git a/npm/from-github-release.js b/npm/from-github-release.js
index 866d0395..f78195b2 100644
--- a/npm/from-github-release.js
+++ b/npm/from-github-release.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ workspaces.map(async platform => {
   }
   // Extract prebuild tarball
   const lib = path.join(dir, 'lib');
-  await rm(lib, { recursive: true });
+  await rm(lib, { force: true, recursive: true });
   await pipeline(
     Readable.fromWeb(response.body),
     createGunzip(),