diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index e012c5e673b7402f194c9b02dcb3f550dcdde500..a5a178079bc577c08df47d44b0674b500197fd4c 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -322,6 +322,17 @@
           </tasks>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <filesets>
+            <fileset>
+              <directory>${basedir}/../python/build</directory>
+            </fileset>
+          </filesets>
+          <verbose>true</verbose>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>