diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b7a306f556da..8b895f66b513 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "lint-staged": "7.3.0",
     "lodash.isplainobject": "4.0.6",
     "prettier": "^1.14.3",
+    "rimraf": "^2.6.3",
     "ts-jest": "^23.10.4",
     "typescript": "~3.2.1"
   }
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-tslint/package.json b/packages/eslint-plugin-tslint/package.json
index a97a3995861d..26ba3f67012c 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-tslint/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-tslint/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "test": "jest --coverage",
     "prebuild": "npm run clean",
     "build": "tsc",
-    "clean": "rm -rf dist/"
+    "clean": "rimraf dist/"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "lodash.memoize": "^4.1.2"
diff --git a/packages/typescript-eslint-parser/package.json b/packages/typescript-eslint-parser/package.json
index b8adaba02f3a..48e6f44ed5ff 100644
--- a/packages/typescript-eslint-parser/package.json
+++ b/packages/typescript-eslint-parser/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prebuild": "npm run clean",
     "build": "tsc",
-    "clean": "rm -rf dist/",
+    "clean": "rimraf dist/",
     "test": "jest --coverage",
     "integration-tests": "docker-compose -f tests/integration/docker-compose.yml up",
     "kill-integration-test-containers": "docker-compose -f tests/integration/docker-compose.yml down -v --rmi local"
diff --git a/packages/typescript-estree/package.json b/packages/typescript-estree/package.json
index 4f4df3bce0f8..2c0f3f5173e9 100644
--- a/packages/typescript-estree/package.json
+++ b/packages/typescript-estree/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prebuild": "npm run clean",
     "build": "tsc",
-    "clean": "rm -rf dist/",
+    "clean": "rimraf dist/",
     "test": "jest --coverage",
     "unit-tests": "jest \"./tests/lib/.*\"",
     "ast-alignment-tests": "jest spec.ts"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b2a4a3c2a9fa..953705f7b587 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6061,7 +6061,7 @@ right-pad@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/right-pad/-/right-pad-1.0.1.tgz#8ca08c2cbb5b55e74dafa96bf7fd1a27d568c8d0"
   integrity sha1-jKCMLLtbVedNr6lr9/0aJ9VoyNA=
 
-rimraf@2, rimraf@^2.5.2, rimraf@^2.5.4, rimraf@^2.6.1, rimraf@^2.6.2, rimraf@~2.6.2:
+rimraf@2, rimraf@^2.5.2, rimraf@^2.5.4, rimraf@^2.6.1, rimraf@^2.6.2, rimraf@^2.6.3, rimraf@~2.6.2:
   version "2.6.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.6.3.tgz#b2d104fe0d8fb27cf9e0a1cda8262dd3833c6cab"
   integrity sha512-mwqeW5XsA2qAejG46gYdENaxXjx9onRNCfn7L0duuP4hCuTIi/QO7PDK07KJfp1d+izWPrzEJDcSqBa0OZQriA==