diff --git a/tools/gulp/tasks/library.ts b/tools/gulp/tasks/library.ts
index e46f8d4d9e53..d55d3d354792 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/tasks/library.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/tasks/library.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ const bundlesDir = DIST_BUNDLES;
 
 const esmMainFile = join(materialDir, 'index.js');
 
+task('library:clean-build', sequenceTask('clean', 'library:build'));
+
 task('library:build', sequenceTask(
-  'clean',
   ['library:build:esm', 'library:assets'],
   // Inline assets into ESM output.
   'library:assets:inline',
diff --git a/tools/gulp/tasks/lint.ts b/tools/gulp/tasks/lint.ts
index 3bec3c40aa55..e2a705d5eb6e 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/tasks/lint.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/tasks/lint.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {DIST_MATERIAL} from '../constants';
 gulp.task('lint', ['tslint', 'stylelint', 'madge']);
 
 /** Task that runs madge to detect circular dependencies. */
-gulp.task('madge', ['library:build'], execNodeTask('madge', ['--circular', DIST_MATERIAL]));
+gulp.task('madge', ['library:clean-build'], execNodeTask('madge', ['--circular', DIST_MATERIAL]));
 
 /** Task to lint Angular Material's scss stylesheets. */
 gulp.task('stylelint', execNodeTask(
diff --git a/tools/gulp/tasks/payload.ts b/tools/gulp/tasks/payload.ts
index 4d10d4c373cd..a7657aaa9dd3 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/tasks/payload.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/tasks/payload.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {openFirebaseDashboardDatabase} from '../util/firebase';
 const bundlesDir = join(DIST_ROOT, 'bundles');
 
 /** Task which runs test against the size of whole library. */
-task('payload', ['library:build'], () => {
+task('payload', ['library:clean-build'], () => {
 
   let results = {
     umd_kb: getBundleSize('material.umd.js'),
diff --git a/tools/gulp/tasks/release.ts b/tools/gulp/tasks/release.ts
index 8ae3c4d2b2a0..72412ae8bedb 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/tasks/release.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/tasks/release.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const themingBundlePath = join(DIST_RELEASE, '_theming.scss');
 const prebuiltThemeGlob = join(DIST_MATERIAL, '**/theming/prebuilt/*.css');
 
 task('build:release', sequenceTask(
-  'library:build',
+  'library:clean-build',
   ':package:release',
 ));