diff --git a/CHANGELIST.md b/CHANGELIST.md
index d7886705..76a5959e 100644
--- a/CHANGELIST.md
+++ b/CHANGELIST.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - Unify download maps
 - Trailing commas caused issues
 - Add initial extraction to new functions
+- Add cleanup to download functions
 
 ### 3.3.0 (2025-01-03)
 
diff --git a/publish-nix.sh b/publish-nix.sh
index 6fd838be..418ee52f 100755
--- a/publish-nix.sh
+++ b/publish-nix.sh
@@ -156,10 +156,21 @@ function download_programs() {
             done
         done
     done
-}
 
-#TEMP INVOCATION OF THE ABOVE
-download_programs
+    # Clean up the downloaded files and directories
+    for PREFIX in "${DL_PREFIXES[@]}"; do
+        for RUNTIME in "${CHECK_RUNTIMES[@]}"; do
+            URL=${DL_MAP["$PREFIX_$RUNTIME"]}
+            if [ $URL = "" ]; then
+                continue
+            fi
+
+            EXT=${URL##*.}
+            rm $PREFIX_$RUNTIME.$EXT
+            rm -r $PREFIX_$RUNTIME-dir
+        done
+    done
+}
 
 # Only build if requested
 if [ $NO_BUILD = false ]; then
diff --git a/publish-win.ps1 b/publish-win.ps1
index 5ff608b8..e1ff3cf3 100644
--- a/publish-win.ps1
+++ b/publish-win.ps1
@@ -143,6 +143,20 @@ function Download-Programs {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    # Clean up the downloaded files and directories
+    foreach ($PREFIX in $DL_PREFIXES) {
+        foreach ($RUNTIME in $CHECK_RUNTIMES) {
+            $URL = $DL_MAP["$PREFIX_$RUNTIME"]
+            if ( $URL -eq "" ) {
+                continue
+            }
+
+            $EXT=[System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($URL)
+            Remove-Item -Path $PREFIX_$RUNTIME.$EXT
+            Remove-Item -Path $PREFIX_$RUNTIME-dir -Recurse
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 # Only build if requested