diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 72d662c..2eafadc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -134,20 +134,12 @@ ps: ## List running containers
 
 clean: ## Stop everything and remove named volumes (wipes the DB!)
 	$(COMPOSE) $(COMPOSE_DEV) down -v 2>/dev/null || true
-	$(COMPOSE) $(COMPOSE_PROD) down -v
+	$(COMPOSE) $(COMPOSE_PROD) down -v 2>/dev/null || true
 
 fclean: clean ## Full clean: also remove certs and prune Docker images
 	rm -rf $(CERT_DIR)
 	rm -rf frontend/node_modules
-	@# backend/dist is a container artefact. The dev image runs as USER node
-	@# (uid 1000), so it lands owned by the host user and plain rm works.
-	@# Trees left by images built before that switch are root-owned and only
-	@# a container that *is* root can unlink them -- hence the fallback, which
-	@# also spares us re-pulling node:20-alpine after every prune -af below.
-	@# Leading '-': a missing daemon must not skip the prune below.
-	-rm -rf backend/dist backend/node_modules 2>/dev/null || \
-		docker run --rm -v $(CURDIR)/backend:/host:z node:20-alpine \
-			rm -rf /host/dist /host/node_modules
+	rm -rf backend/dist backend/node_modules
 	docker system prune -af
 
 .PHONY: help env certs up down re dev dev-down migrate migrate-dev studio logs \