diff --git a/dist/restore/index.js b/dist/restore/index.js
index 597fba0..697901a 100644
--- a/dist/restore/index.js
+++ b/dist/restore/index.js
@@ -87114,7 +87114,7 @@ function sort_and_uniq(a) {
 
 
 
-async function cleanTargetDir(targetDir, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental) {
+async function cleanTargetDir(targetDir, packages, checkTimestamp) {
     lib_core.debug(`cleaning target directory "${targetDir}"`);
     // remove all *files* from the profile directory
     let dir = await external_fs_default().promises.opendir(targetDir);
@@ -87125,10 +87125,10 @@ async function cleanTargetDir(targetDir, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental)
             let isNestedTarget = (await utils_exists(external_path_default().join(dirName, "CACHEDIR.TAG"))) || (await utils_exists(external_path_default().join(dirName, ".rustc_info.json")));
             try {
                 if (isNestedTarget) {
-                    await cleanTargetDir(dirName, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental);
+                    await cleanTargetDir(dirName, packages, checkTimestamp);
                 }
                 else {
-                    await cleanProfileTarget(dirName, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental);
+                    await cleanProfileTarget(dirName, packages, checkTimestamp);
                 }
             }
             catch { }
@@ -87138,7 +87138,7 @@ async function cleanTargetDir(targetDir, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental)
         }
     }
 }
-async function cleanProfileTarget(profileDir, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental) {
+async function cleanProfileTarget(profileDir, packages, checkTimestamp) {
     lib_core.debug(`cleaning profile directory "${profileDir}"`);
     // Quite a few testing utility crates store compilation artifacts as nested
     // workspaces under `target/tests`. Notably, `target/tests/target` and
@@ -87147,12 +87147,12 @@ async function cleanProfileTarget(profileDir, packages, checkTimestamp, incremen
         try {
             // https://github.com/vertexclique/kaos/blob/9876f6c890339741cc5be4b7cb9df72baa5a6d79/src/cargo.rs#L25
             // https://github.com/eupn/macrotest/blob/c4151a5f9f545942f4971980b5d264ebcd0b1d11/src/cargo.rs#L27
-            cleanTargetDir(external_path_default().join(profileDir, "target"), packages, checkTimestamp, incremental);
+            cleanTargetDir(external_path_default().join(profileDir, "target"), packages, checkTimestamp);
         }
         catch { }
         try {
             // https://github.com/dtolnay/trybuild/blob/eec8ca6cb9b8f53d0caf1aa499d99df52cae8b40/src/cargo.rs#L50
-            cleanTargetDir(external_path_default().join(profileDir, "trybuild"), packages, checkTimestamp, incremental);
+            cleanTargetDir(external_path_default().join(profileDir, "trybuild"), packages, checkTimestamp);
         }
         catch { }
         // Delete everything else.
@@ -87445,11 +87445,11 @@ async function run() {
                     }
                 }
             }
-            if (!match || config.isIncrementalMissing()) {
+            if (!match) {
                 // pre-clean the target directory on cache mismatch
                 for (const workspace of config.workspaces) {
                     try {
-                        await cleanTargetDir(workspace.target, [], true, config.incremental);
+                        await cleanTargetDir(workspace.target, [], true);
                     }
                     catch { }
                 }
diff --git a/dist/save/index.js b/dist/save/index.js
index 41c466e..877a315 100644
--- a/dist/save/index.js
+++ b/dist/save/index.js
@@ -87114,7 +87114,7 @@ function sort_and_uniq(a) {
 
 
 
-async function cleanTargetDir(targetDir, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental) {
+async function cleanTargetDir(targetDir, packages, checkTimestamp) {
     lib_core.debug(`cleaning target directory "${targetDir}"`);
     // remove all *files* from the profile directory
     let dir = await external_fs_default().promises.opendir(targetDir);
@@ -87125,10 +87125,10 @@ async function cleanTargetDir(targetDir, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental)
             let isNestedTarget = (await utils_exists(external_path_default().join(dirName, "CACHEDIR.TAG"))) || (await utils_exists(external_path_default().join(dirName, ".rustc_info.json")));
             try {
                 if (isNestedTarget) {
-                    await cleanTargetDir(dirName, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental);
+                    await cleanTargetDir(dirName, packages, checkTimestamp);
                 }
                 else {
-                    await cleanProfileTarget(dirName, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental);
+                    await cleanProfileTarget(dirName, packages, checkTimestamp);
                 }
             }
             catch { }
@@ -87138,7 +87138,7 @@ async function cleanTargetDir(targetDir, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental)
         }
     }
 }
-async function cleanProfileTarget(profileDir, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental) {
+async function cleanProfileTarget(profileDir, packages, checkTimestamp) {
     lib_core.debug(`cleaning profile directory "${profileDir}"`);
     // Quite a few testing utility crates store compilation artifacts as nested
     // workspaces under `target/tests`. Notably, `target/tests/target` and
@@ -87147,12 +87147,12 @@ async function cleanProfileTarget(profileDir, packages, checkTimestamp, incremen
         try {
             // https://github.com/vertexclique/kaos/blob/9876f6c890339741cc5be4b7cb9df72baa5a6d79/src/cargo.rs#L25
             // https://github.com/eupn/macrotest/blob/c4151a5f9f545942f4971980b5d264ebcd0b1d11/src/cargo.rs#L27
-            cleanTargetDir(external_path_default().join(profileDir, "target"), packages, checkTimestamp, incremental);
+            cleanTargetDir(external_path_default().join(profileDir, "target"), packages, checkTimestamp);
         }
         catch { }
         try {
             // https://github.com/dtolnay/trybuild/blob/eec8ca6cb9b8f53d0caf1aa499d99df52cae8b40/src/cargo.rs#L50
-            cleanTargetDir(external_path_default().join(profileDir, "trybuild"), packages, checkTimestamp, incremental);
+            cleanTargetDir(external_path_default().join(profileDir, "trybuild"), packages, checkTimestamp);
         }
         catch { }
         // Delete everything else.
@@ -87448,7 +87448,7 @@ async function run() {
             allPackages.push(...packages);
             try {
                 lib_core.info(`... Cleaning ${workspace.target} ...`);
-                await cleanTargetDir(workspace.target, packages, false, config.incremental);
+                await cleanTargetDir(workspace.target, packages, false);
             }
             catch (e) {
                 lib_core.debug(`${e.stack}`);
diff --git a/src/cleanup.ts b/src/cleanup.ts
index 55ae995..1ba46df 100644
--- a/src/cleanup.ts
+++ b/src/cleanup.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { CARGO_HOME } from "./config";
 import { exists } from "./utils";
 import { Packages } from "./workspace";
 
-export async function cleanTargetDir(targetDir: string, packages: Packages, checkTimestamp: boolean, incremental: boolean) {
+export async function cleanTargetDir(targetDir: string, packages: Packages, checkTimestamp: boolean) {
   core.debug(`cleaning target directory "${targetDir}"`);
 
   // remove all *files* from the profile directory
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ export async function cleanTargetDir(targetDir: string, packages: Packages, chec
 
       try {
         if (isNestedTarget) {
-          await cleanTargetDir(dirName, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental);
+          await cleanTargetDir(dirName, packages, checkTimestamp);
         } else {
-          await cleanProfileTarget(dirName, packages, checkTimestamp, incremental);
+          await cleanProfileTarget(dirName, packages, checkTimestamp);
         }
       } catch { }
     } else if (dirent.name !== "CACHEDIR.TAG") {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export async function cleanTargetDir(targetDir: string, packages: Packages, chec
   }
 }
 
-async function cleanProfileTarget(profileDir: string, packages: Packages, checkTimestamp: boolean, incremental: boolean) {
+async function cleanProfileTarget(profileDir: string, packages: Packages, checkTimestamp: boolean) {
   core.debug(`cleaning profile directory "${profileDir}"`);
 
   // Quite a few testing utility crates store compilation artifacts as nested
@@ -42,12 +42,11 @@ async function cleanProfileTarget(profileDir: string, packages: Packages, checkT
     try {
       // https://github.com/vertexclique/kaos/blob/9876f6c890339741cc5be4b7cb9df72baa5a6d79/src/cargo.rs#L25
       // https://github.com/eupn/macrotest/blob/c4151a5f9f545942f4971980b5d264ebcd0b1d11/src/cargo.rs#L27
-      cleanTargetDir(path.join(profileDir, "target"), packages, checkTimestamp, incremental);
+      cleanTargetDir(path.join(profileDir, "target"), packages, checkTimestamp);
     } catch { }
-
     try {
       // https://github.com/dtolnay/trybuild/blob/eec8ca6cb9b8f53d0caf1aa499d99df52cae8b40/src/cargo.rs#L50
-      cleanTargetDir(path.join(profileDir, "trybuild"), packages, checkTimestamp, incremental);
+      cleanTargetDir(path.join(profileDir, "trybuild"), packages, checkTimestamp);
     } catch { }
 
     // Delete everything else.
diff --git a/src/restore.ts b/src/restore.ts
index c459ca5..510a559 100644
--- a/src/restore.ts
+++ b/src/restore.ts
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ async function run() {
         }
       }
 
-      if (!match || config.isIncrementalMissing()) {
+      if (!match) {
         // pre-clean the target directory on cache mismatch
         for (const workspace of config.workspaces) {
           try {
-            await cleanTargetDir(workspace.target, [], true, config.incremental);
+            await cleanTargetDir(workspace.target, [], true);
           } catch { }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/save.ts b/src/save.ts
index 8aaf170..6e496da 100644
--- a/src/save.ts
+++ b/src/save.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async function run() {
       allPackages.push(...packages);
       try {
         core.info(`... Cleaning ${workspace.target} ...`);
-        await cleanTargetDir(workspace.target, packages, false, config.incremental);
+        await cleanTargetDir(workspace.target, packages, false);
       } catch (e) {
         core.debug(`${(e as any).stack}`);
       }