diff --git a/external/ios/build_boost.sh b/external/ios/build_boost.sh
index e5a26893..4bfbfeb8 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_boost.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_boost.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ if [ -d "$BOOST_DIR_PATH" ]; then
 else
     echo "Cloning Boost from $BOOST_URL"
     mkdir -p $BOOST_DIR_PATH || true
+    rm -rf $BOOST_DIR_PATH || true
     cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/Apple-Boost-BuildScript" $BOOST_DIR_PATH
 fi
 cd $BOOST_DIR_PATH
diff --git a/external/ios/build_monero_all.sh b/external/ios/build_monero_all.sh
index 3f73933e..4957e692 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_monero_all.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_monero_all.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ set -e
 rm -rf build
 
 . ./config.sh
+
+rm -rf "$EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR"
+rm -rf "$EXTERNAL_IOS_INCLUDE_DIR"
+
 ./install_missing_headers.sh
 ./build_openssl.sh
 ./build_boost.sh
diff --git a/external/ios/build_openssl.sh b/external/ios/build_openssl.sh
index 3e898daf..507ca9d3 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_openssl.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_openssl.sh
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ if [ -d "$OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH" ]; then
     echo "OpenSSL directory already exists."
 else
     mkdir -p "$OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH" || true
+    rm -rf "$OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH"
 	cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/OpenSSL-for-iPhone" $OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH
 fi
 cd $OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH
 
 ./build-libssl.sh --version=1.1.1q --targets="ios-cross-arm64" --deprecated
 
+
 mv -f ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/include/* $EXTERNAL_IOS_INCLUDE_DIR
-mv ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/lib/libcrypto-iOS.a ${EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR}/libcrypto.a
-mv ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/lib/libssl-iOS.a ${EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR}/libssl.a
\ No newline at end of file
+mv -f ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/lib/libcrypto-iOS.a ${EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR}/libcrypto.a
+mv -f ${OPEN_SSL_DIR_PATH}/lib/libssl-iOS.a ${EXTERNAL_IOS_LIB_DIR}/libssl.a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/external/ios/build_sodium.sh b/external/ios/build_sodium.sh
index ab874264..ecb4a5e0 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_sodium.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_sodium.sh
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ if [ -d "$SODIUM_PATH" ]; then
 else
     echo "Cloning Sodium from $SODIUM_URL"
     mkdir -p $SODIUM_PATH || true
+    rm -rf $SODIUM_PATH
 	cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/libsodium" $SODIUM_PATH
 fi
 
+cd $SODIUM_PATH
 ../../../../libsodium_apple-ios.sh
 
 mv -f ${SODIUM_PATH}/libsodium-apple/ios/include/* $EXTERNAL_IOS_INCLUDE_DIR
diff --git a/external/ios/build_unbound.sh b/external/ios/build_unbound.sh
index 893db69c..14efef80 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_unbound.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_unbound.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ if [ -d "$UNBOUND_DIR_PATH" ]; then
 else
     echo "Cloning Unbound from $Unbound_URL"
     mkdir -p ${UNBOUND_DIR_PATH} || true
+    rm -rf ${UNBOUND_DIR_PATH}
 	cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/unbound" ${UNBOUND_DIR_PATH}
 fi
 
diff --git a/external/ios/build_wownero_seed.sh b/external/ios/build_wownero_seed.sh
index 81900ff6..7672db53 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_wownero_seed.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_wownero_seed.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SEED_SRC_DIR="${EXTERNAL_IOS_SOURCE_DIR}/seed"
 rm -rf "$SEED_SRC_DIR" > /dev/null
 
 echo "[*] cloning $SEED_URL"
-rm -rf ${SEED_SRC_DIR} || true
 mkdir -p ${SEED_SRC_DIR} || true
+rm -rf ${SEED_SRC_DIR}
 cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/wownero-seed" ${SEED_SRC_DIR}
 cd $SEED_SRC_DIR
 
diff --git a/external/ios/build_zmq.sh b/external/ios/build_zmq.sh
index 8cf379b1..63306b20 100755
--- a/external/ios/build_zmq.sh
+++ b/external/ios/build_zmq.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ if [ -d "$ZMQ_PATH" ]; then
 else
     echo "Cloning ZeroMQ from $ZeroMQ_URL"
     mkdir -p $ZMQ_PATH || true
+    rm -rf $ZMQ_PATH
 	cp -r "${MONEROC_DIR}/external/libzmq" $ZMQ_PATH
 fi