diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 343a2affd2..1736d00786 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #### :bug: Bug fix
 
 - Fix `typeof` parens on functions. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7643
-
+- Don't panic when dev files are not present during clean. https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript/pull/7622
 
 # 12.0.0-beta.1
 
diff --git a/rewatch/src/build.rs b/rewatch/src/build.rs
index 4545e3f0f3..8526f91611 100644
--- a/rewatch/src/build.rs
+++ b/rewatch/src/build.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ pub mod packages;
 pub mod parse;
 pub mod read_compile_state;
 
+use self::compile::compiler_args;
+use self::parse::parser_args;
 use crate::build::compile::{mark_modules_with_deleted_deps_dirty, mark_modules_with_expired_deps_dirty};
+use crate::build::packages::DevDeps;
 use crate::helpers::emojis::*;
 use crate::helpers::{self, get_workspace_root};
 use crate::sourcedirs;
@@ -26,9 +29,6 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Stdio;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
-use self::compile::compiler_args;
-use self::parse::parser_args;
-
 fn is_dirty(module: &Module) -> bool {
     match module.source_type {
         SourceType::SourceFile(SourceFile {
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ pub fn initialize_build(
         &project_root,
         &workspace_root,
         show_progress,
-        build_dev_deps,
+        if build_dev_deps {
+            DevDeps::Build
+        } else {
+            DevDeps::DontBuild
+        },
     )?;
     let timing_package_tree_elapsed = timing_package_tree.elapsed();
 
diff --git a/rewatch/src/build/clean.rs b/rewatch/src/build/clean.rs
index da1543b2f9..1d1512788c 100644
--- a/rewatch/src/build/clean.rs
+++ b/rewatch/src/build/clean.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use super::build_types::*;
 use super::packages;
+use crate::build::packages::DevDeps;
 use crate::helpers;
 use crate::helpers::emojis::*;
 use ahash::AHashSet;
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ pub fn clean(path: &Path, show_progress: bool, snapshot_output: bool) -> Result<
         show_progress,
         // Build the package tree with dev dependencies.
         // They should always be cleaned if they are there.
-        true,
+        DevDeps::Clean,
     )?;
     let root_config_name = packages::read_package_name(&project_root)?;
     let bsc_path = helpers::get_bsc();
diff --git a/rewatch/src/build/packages.rs b/rewatch/src/build/packages.rs
index c5bc613f76..42d726406a 100644
--- a/rewatch/src/build/packages.rs
+++ b/rewatch/src/build/packages.rs
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ pub fn get_source_files(
     package_dir: &Path,
     filter: &Option<regex::Regex>,
     source: &config::PackageSource,
-    build_dev_deps: bool,
+    dev_deps: DevDeps,
 ) -> AHashMap<PathBuf, SourceFileMeta> {
     let mut map: AHashMap<PathBuf, SourceFileMeta> = AHashMap::new();
 
@@ -515,8 +515,9 @@ pub fn get_source_files(
     };
 
     let path_dir = Path::new(&source.dir);
-    match (build_dev_deps, type_) {
-        (false, Some(type_)) if type_ == "dev" => (),
+    match (dev_deps, type_) {
+        (DevDeps::DontBuild, Some(type_)) if type_ == "dev" => (),
+        (DevDeps::Clean, Some(type_)) if type_ == "dev" && !package_dir.join(path_dir).exists() => (),
         _ => match read_folders(filter, package_dir, path_dir, recurse) {
             Ok(files) => map.extend(files),
 
@@ -537,22 +538,14 @@ pub fn get_source_files(
 fn extend_with_children(
     filter: &Option<regex::Regex>,
     mut build: AHashMap<String, Package>,
-    build_dev_deps: bool,
+    dev_deps: DevDeps,
 ) -> AHashMap<String, Package> {
     for (_key, package) in build.iter_mut() {
         let mut map: AHashMap<PathBuf, SourceFileMeta> = AHashMap::new();
         package
             .source_folders
             .par_iter()
-            .map(|source| {
-                get_source_files(
-                    &package.name,
-                    Path::new(&package.path),
-                    filter,
-                    source,
-                    build_dev_deps,
-                )
-            })
+            .map(|source| get_source_files(&package.name, Path::new(&package.path), filter, source, dev_deps))
             .collect::<Vec<AHashMap<PathBuf, SourceFileMeta>>>()
             .into_iter()
             .for_each(|source| map.extend(source));
@@ -582,6 +575,13 @@ fn extend_with_children(
     build
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum DevDeps {
+    Build,
+    DontBuild,
+    Clean,
+}
+
 /// Make turns a folder, that should contain a config, into a tree of Packages.
 /// It does so in two steps:
 /// 1. Get all the packages parsed, and take all the source folders from the config
@@ -594,13 +594,13 @@ pub fn make(
     root_folder: &Path,
     workspace_root: &Option<PathBuf>,
     show_progress: bool,
-    build_dev_deps: bool,
+    dev_deps: DevDeps,
 ) -> Result<AHashMap<String, Package>> {
     let map = read_packages(root_folder, workspace_root, show_progress)?;
 
     /* Once we have the deduplicated packages, we can add the source files for each - to minimize
      * the IO */
-    let result = extend_with_children(filter, map, build_dev_deps);
+    let result = extend_with_children(filter, map, dev_deps);
 
     Ok(result)
 }
diff --git a/rewatch/testrepo/bsconfig.json b/rewatch/testrepo/bsconfig.json
index dfa69cf830..f55b950dcd 100644
--- a/rewatch/testrepo/bsconfig.json
+++ b/rewatch/testrepo/bsconfig.json
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     "@testrepo/new-namespace",
     "@testrepo/namespace-casing",
     "@testrepo/with-dev-deps",
-    "@testrepo/compiled-by-legacy"
+    "@testrepo/compiled-by-legacy",
+    "@testrepo/nonexisting-dev-files"
   ],
   "bs-dependencies": [
     "@testrepo/main",
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
     "@testrepo/new-namespace",
     "@testrepo/namespace-casing",
     "@testrepo/with-dev-deps",
-    "@testrepo/compiled-by-legacy"
+    "@testrepo/compiled-by-legacy",
+    "@testrepo/nonexisting-dev-files"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/rewatch/testrepo/package.json b/rewatch/testrepo/package.json
index 638c31f638..a170d39c59 100644
--- a/rewatch/testrepo/package.json
+++ b/rewatch/testrepo/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
       "packages/new-namespace",
       "packages/namespace-casing",
       "packages/with-dev-deps",
-      "packages/compiled-by-legacy"
+      "packages/compiled-by-legacy",
+      "packages/nonexisting-dev-files"
     ]
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/rewatch/testrepo/packages/nonexisting-dev-files/package.json b/rewatch/testrepo/packages/nonexisting-dev-files/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7af67a1eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rewatch/testrepo/packages/nonexisting-dev-files/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "@testrepo/nonexisting-dev-files",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "keywords": [
+    "rescript"
+  ],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/rewatch/testrepo/packages/nonexisting-dev-files/rescript.json b/rewatch/testrepo/packages/nonexisting-dev-files/rescript.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7eb6700ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rewatch/testrepo/packages/nonexisting-dev-files/rescript.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "@testrepo/nonexisting-dev-files",
+  "sources": {
+    "dir": "dev",
+    "subdirs": true,
+    "type": "dev"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/rewatch/testrepo/yarn.lock b/rewatch/testrepo/yarn.lock
index 5c323e6f29..fa0f31c40a 100644
--- a/rewatch/testrepo/yarn.lock
+++ b/rewatch/testrepo/yarn.lock
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
+"@testrepo/nonexisting-dev-files@workspace:packages/nonexisting-dev-files":
+  version: 0.0.0-use.local
+  resolution: "@testrepo/nonexisting-dev-files@workspace:packages/nonexisting-dev-files"
+  languageName: unknown
+  linkType: soft
+
 "@testrepo/with-dev-deps@workspace:packages/with-dev-deps":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@testrepo/with-dev-deps@workspace:packages/with-dev-deps"