diff --git a/packages/windows/assembly/NTMakefile b/packages/windows/assembly/NTMakefile
index cebe5f8bd..1e8f7b2bd 100644
--- a/packages/windows/assembly/NTMakefile
+++ b/packages/windows/assembly/NTMakefile
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ asm-krb: \
 all:: asm-krb
 
 clean::
-	$(RM) $(ASMKRBDIR)\*.*
+	-$(RM) $(ASMKRBDIR)\*.*
 
 {$(BINDIR)}.dll{$(ASMKRBDIR)}.dll:
 	$(CP) $< $@
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ asm-gss: \
 all:: asm-gss
 
 clean::
-	$(RM) $(ASMGSSDIR)\*.*
+	-$(RM) $(ASMGSSDIR)\*.*
 
 {$(BINDIR)}.dll{$(ASMGSSDIR)}.dll:
 	$(CP) $< $@
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ test::
 all:: $(APPMANIFEST)
 
 clean::
-	$(RM) $(APPMANIFEST)
+	-$(RM) $(APPMANIFEST)
 
 $(APPMANIFEST): Heimdal.Application.manifest.in
 	$(SED)  -e "s,[@]gssname[@],$(ASMGSSNAME),g" \
diff --git a/packages/windows/kfw_shim/NTMakefile b/packages/windows/kfw_shim/NTMakefile
index b65388cd2..2b9756bcf 100644
--- a/packages/windows/kfw_shim/NTMakefile
+++ b/packages/windows/kfw_shim/NTMakefile
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ $(BINDIR)\krb5_64.dll: $(KRB5_SHIM_OBJS)
 all:: $(FILES)
 
 clean::
-	$(RM) $(FILES)
+	-$(RM) $(FILES)
 
 !ifdef DEV