diff --git a/maven-binding-builder/src/main/kotlin/io/github/typesafegithub/workflows/mavenbinding/JarBuilding.kt b/maven-binding-builder/src/main/kotlin/io/github/typesafegithub/workflows/mavenbinding/JarBuilding.kt
index 78c1619546..6d1aa9501f 100644
--- a/maven-binding-builder/src/main/kotlin/io/github/typesafegithub/workflows/mavenbinding/JarBuilding.kt
+++ b/maven-binding-builder/src/main/kotlin/io/github/typesafegithub/workflows/mavenbinding/JarBuilding.kt
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ internal fun buildJars(
     val pathWithJarContents = compileBinding(sourceFilePaths = sourceFilePaths)
     val mainJarByteArrayOutputStream = ByteArrayOutputStream()
     mainJarByteArrayOutputStream.createZipFile(pathWithJarContents)
+    pathWithJarContents.toFile().deleteRecursively()
 
     val sourcesJarByteArrayOutputStream = ByteArrayOutputStream()
     sourcesJarByteArrayOutputStream.createZipFile(compilationInputDir)
+    compilationInputDir.toFile().deleteRecursively()
 
     return Jars(
         mainJar = mainJarByteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray(),