diff --git a/plugin.mjs b/plugin.mjs
index d2231333006fff87d121154fa164181050f13e6e..f7ba647bb9a0b97ecbe83853524ab14a51ef4f71 100644
--- a/plugin.mjs
+++ b/plugin.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os from 'node:os';
-import {readdirSync} from 'node:fs';
+import {rmSync} from 'node:fs';
 import SemanticReleaseError from '@semantic-release/error';
 import debug from 'debug';
 import {execa} from 'execa';
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ export async function verifyConditions(pluginConfig, context) {
 	await uv(pluginConfig, context, 'build', ...args);
 	logger.success('Project builds');
 
+	rmSync(`${buildDirectory}`, {recursive: true, force: true});
+
 	debug('Validating `uv` repositories: %j', repositoriesData);
 
 	const repositories = new Repositories(repositoriesData);
@@ -117,14 +119,12 @@ export async function prepare(pluginConfig, context) {
 	const {buildDirectory} = pluginConfig;
 
 	await uv(pluginConfig, context, 'version', version);
-	const buildDirectoryContents = buildDirectory === undefined ? '' : readdirSync(`${buildDirectory}`).join(', ');
-	logger.success('Bumped project version to `%s`, build directory: %s', version, buildDirectoryContents);
+	logger.success('Bumped project version to `%s`', version);
 
 	const args = buildDirectory === undefined ? [] : ['--out-dir', buildDirectory];
 	await uv(pluginConfig, context, 'build', ...args);
 
-	const builtFiles = buildDirectory === undefined ? '' : readdirSync(`${buildDirectory}`).join(', ');
-	logger.success('Built project for `%s`: %s', version, builtFiles);
+	logger.success('Built project for `%s`', version);
 }
 
 export async function publish(pluginConfig, context) {
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ export async function publish(pluginConfig, context) {
 
 		const optionArgs = key === 'pypi' ? [] : ['--publish-url', url];
 		const fileArgs = buildDirectory === undefined ? [] : [`${buildDirectory}/*`];
-		const builtFiles = buildDirectory === undefined ? '' : readdirSync(`${buildDirectory}`).join(', ');
-
-		logger.success('Collected files to publish: %s', builtFiles);
 
 		await uv(pluginConfig, {...context, env: {...context.env, ...credentials.uvEnvironment()}}, 'publish', ...optionArgs, ...fileArgs);
 		logger.success('Published to `%s`', key);