diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
index b9eb595c6..3b47bf390 100755
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
@@ -484,10 +484,8 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon {
       sbtPlugin.value,
       crossPaths.value
     ),
-    clean := {
-      val _ = clean.value
-      IvyActions.cleanCachedResolutionCache(ivyModule.value, streams.value.log)
-    },
+    cleanIvy := IvyActions.cleanCachedResolutionCache(ivyModule.value, streams.value.log),
+    clean := clean.dependsOn(cleanIvy).value,
     scalaCompilerBridgeBinaryJar := None,
     scalaCompilerBridgeSource := ZincLmUtil.getDefaultBridgeModule(scalaVersion.value),
   )
diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
index ae957c369..e02685a47 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Keys.scala
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ object Keys {
   val semanticdbOptions = settingKey[Seq[String]]("The Scalac options introduced for SemanticDB").withRank(CSetting)
 
   val clean = taskKey[Unit]("Deletes files produced by the build, such as generated sources, compiled classes, and task caches.").withRank(APlusTask)
+  private[sbt] val cleanIvy = taskKey[Unit]("Deletes the ivy cached resolution")
   val console = taskKey[Unit]("Starts the Scala interpreter with the project classes on the classpath.").withRank(APlusTask)
   val consoleQuick = TaskKey[Unit]("consoleQuick", "Starts the Scala interpreter with the project dependencies on the classpath.", ATask, console)
   val consoleProject = taskKey[Unit]("Starts the Scala interpreter with the sbt and the build definition on the classpath and useful imports.").withRank(AMinusTask)