diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index ed877efe7fbd..42231c32de14 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -170,3 +170,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-idling-resource:3.5.1'
     implementation 'androidx.annotation:annotation:1.8.0'
 }
+
+tasks.named("clean") {
+    doLast {
+        delete(new File(projectDir, ".cxx"))
+    }
+}