diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b0bfa14d1b..1620712c86 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 all: clean dev-setup build-js-production
 
 # Dev env management
-dev-setup: clean clean-dev npm-init
+dev-setup: clean npm-init
 
 npm-init:
 	npm ci
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf apps/workflowengine/js/
 	rm -rf core/js/dist
 
-clean-dev:
-	rm -rf node_modules
-
 clean-git: clean
 	git checkout -- apps/accessibility/js/
 	git checkout -- apps/comments/js/