diff --git a/graph-explorer/Makefile b/graph-explorer/Makefile
index ae3917574b..06a1f012ae 100644
--- a/graph-explorer/Makefile
+++ b/graph-explorer/Makefile
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ ci-node-generate: pull-assets
 
 .PHONY: pull-assets
 pull-assets:
-	@rm -Rf assets && mkdir assets/ && curl -slL -o- https://github.com/owncloud/graph-explorer/releases/download/v1.7.10.3/release.tar.gz | tar xvzf - -C assets/
-
+	@git clean -xfd assets
+	@curl -slL -o- https://github.com/owncloud/graph-explorer/releases/download/v1.7.10.3/release.tar.gz | tar xvzf - -C assets/
diff --git a/ocs/Makefile b/ocs/Makefile
index a605985649..76c0c9398f 100644
--- a/ocs/Makefile
+++ b/ocs/Makefile
@@ -28,5 +28,4 @@ ci-go-generate: # CI runs ci-node-generate automatically before this target
 	@go generate ./...
 
 .PHONY: ci-node-generate
-ci-node-generate: 
-	@make -C ../accounts ci-node-generate
+ci-node-generate:
diff --git a/web/Makefile b/web/Makefile
index c5eb711e12..31eacfdeb9 100644
--- a/web/Makefile
+++ b/web/Makefile
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ WEB_ASSETS_VERSION = v4.4.0
 
 .PHONY: pull-assets
 pull-assets:
-	@rm -Rf assets && mkdir assets/ && curl -slL -o- https://github.com/owncloud/web/releases/download/$(WEB_ASSETS_VERSION)/web.tar.gz | tar xzf - -C assets/
+	@git clean -xfd assets
+	@curl -slL -o- https://github.com/owncloud/web/releases/download/$(WEB_ASSETS_VERSION)/web.tar.gz | tar xzf - -C assets/