diff --git a/script/clean b/script/clean
index cc4933f95..ce1314ceb 100755
--- a/script/clean
+++ b/script/clean
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ var home = process.env[isWindows ? 'USERPROFILE' : 'HOME'];
 var tmpdir = os.tmpdir();
 
 // Windows: Use START as a way to ignore error if Atom.exe isnt running
-var killAtomCommand = isWindows ? 'START taskkill /F /IM ' + productName + '.exe' : 'pkill -9 ' + productName + ' || true';
-//childProcess.safeExec(killAtomCommand);
+childProcess.safeExec(isWindows ? `START taskkill /F /IM ${productName}.exe` : `pkill -9 ${productName} || true`);
 
 var pathsToRemove = [
   [__dirname, '..', 'node_modules'],