@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var gulp = require('gulp')
   , gutil = require('gulp-util')
   , download = require('gulp-download')
   , decompress = require('decompress-bzip2')
-  , rimraf = require('gulp-rimraf')
+  , del = require('gulp-del')
   , sequence = require('run-sequence')
 
 gulp.task('prepare', function() {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ gulp.task('build', function() {
 });
 
 gulp.task('sde:clean', function() {
-  return gulp.src('./sde/*', { read: false }).pipe(rimraf());
+  return del(['./sde/*']);
 });
 
 gulp.task('sde:download', function() {
 
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@
     "cookie-parser": "~1.0.1",
     "debug": "~0.7.4",
     "decompress-bzip2": "^2.0.1",
+    "del": "^1.1.1",
     "express": "4.2.x",
     "express-session": "^1.8.2",
     "faye": "^1.1.0",
-    "gulp": "^3.8.7",
+    "gulp": "^3.8.11",
     "gulp-concat": "^2.4.1",
     "gulp-declare": "^0.3.0",
     "gulp-download": "0.0.1",
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@
     "gulp-minify-css": "^0.3.10",
     "gulp-order": "^1.1.1",
     "gulp-rename": "1.2.0",
-    "gulp-rimraf": "^0.1.1",
     "gulp-uglify": "^1.0.1",
     "gulp-util": "^3.0.0",
     "gulp-watch": "0.6.9",