diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 40eff8445f..362ef3b830 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -105,34 +105,18 @@ docs:
 
 .PHONY: clean-extensions
 clean-extensions:
-ifeq "$(DETECTED_OS)" "Windows"
-	$(foreach dir, $(wildcard $(EXTENSIONS_DIR)/*), if exist $(dir)\dist del /s /q $(dir)\dist)
-	$(foreach dir, $(wildcard $(EXTENSIONS_DIR)/*), if exist $(dir)\node_modules del /s /q $(dir)\node_modules)
-else
 	$(foreach dir, $(wildcard $(EXTENSIONS_DIR)/*), rm -rf $(dir)/dist)
 	$(foreach dir, $(wildcard $(EXTENSIONS_DIR)/*), rm -rf $(dir)/node_modules)
-endif
 
 .PHONY: clean-npm
 clean-npm:
-ifeq "$(DETECTED_OS)" "Windows"
-	if exist src\extensions\npm\extensions\dist del /s /q src\extensions\npm\extensions\dist
-	if exist src\extensions\npm\extensions\__mocks__ del /s /q src\extensions\npm\extensions\__mocks__
-	if exist src\extensions\npm\extensions\node_modules del /s /q src\extensions\npm\extensions\node_modules
-else
 	rm -rf src/extensions/npm/extensions/dist
 	rm -rf src/extensions/npm/extensions/__mocks__
 	rm -rf src/extensions/npm/extensions/node_modules
-endif
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: clean-npm clean-extensions
-ifeq "$(DETECTED_OS)" "Windows"
-	if exist binaries\client del /s /q binaries\client
-	if exist dist del /s /q dist\*.*
-	if exist static\build del /s /q static\build\*.*
-else
 	rm -rf binaries/client
 	rm -rf dist/*
 	rm -rf static/build/*
-endif
+	rm -rf node_modules/
diff --git a/docs/contributing/development.md b/docs/contributing/development.md
index b92edd319e..89a9b898cd 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/development.md
+++ b/docs/contributing/development.md
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ When contributing to this repository, please consider first discussing the chang
 * `make dev` - builds and starts the app
 * `make clean` - cleanup local environment build artifacts
 
+### Developing on Windows
+
+On Windows we only support [Git Bash](https://gitforwindows.org/) (or similar shell) for running commands.
 
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