diff --git a/make/setup-cache.mk b/make/setup-cache.mk
index 76030c55..6c04189b 100644
--- a/make/setup-cache.mk
+++ b/make/setup-cache.mk
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ $(AKASH_DEVCACHE):
 	mkdir -p $(AKASH_DEVCACHE_VERSIONS)
 	mkdir -p $(AKASH_DEVCACHE_NODE_MODULES)
 	mkdir -p $(AKASH_DEVCACHE)/run
-	mkdir -p $(AKASH_DEVCACHE_TS_TMP_GRPC_JS)
-	mkdir -p $(AKASH_DEVCACHE_TS_TMP_PATCHES)
 
 cache: $(AKASH_DEVCACHE)
 
@@ -172,4 +170,4 @@ endif
 $(AKASH_TS_NODE_MODULES): $(AKASH_TS_PACKAGE_FILE)
 	@echo "installing node modules..."
 	cd $(AKASH_TS_ROOT) && npm install
-	@echo "node modules installed."
\ No newline at end of file
+	@echo "node modules installed."
diff --git a/script/protocgen-legacy.sh b/script/protocgen-legacy.sh
index 9bf89b43..47640598 100755
--- a/script/protocgen-legacy.sh
+++ b/script/protocgen-legacy.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ function cleanup {
     # put absolute path
     rm -rf "${AKASH_ROOT}/github.com"
     rm -rf "$AKASH_DEVCACHE_TS_TMP_GRPC_JS"
+    rm -rf "${AKASH_DEVCACHE_TS_TMP_PATCHES}"
 }
 
 trap cleanup EXIT ERR
 
+mkdir -p "${AKASH_DEVCACHE_TS_TMP_GRPC_JS}"
+mkdir -p "${AKASH_DEVCACHE_TS_TMP_PATCHES}"
+
 script/ts-patches.sh preserve
 
 ts_generated="${AKASH_TS_ROOT}/src/generated"